We are so rude to God.
When someone gives you a gift, you express gratitude - whether or not that gift is the one you wanted.
But when God gives us a gift, we don't hesitate to bitch and complain that it's not what we wanted. And we often reject the gift entirely.
I received some incredible gifts this weekend. I made new friends in another recovery fellowship, who invited me to attend their meetings. I learned a new way to look at things, and I learned something about myself I hadn't previously realized.
These things occurred because I met someone special. Someone with whom I shared a connection before we ever met. But due to bad timing, we had to go our separate ways after 24 life-changing hours together.
Life is strange, and beautiful, and sometimes cruel. But as painful as it is to say goodbye, we have to see how lucky we are to make the connections we do. There are people become a part of our lives - a part of us - for a reason. They may only stay an hour, but the impact they have upon us lasts forever, if we let it.
Life is just a chain of experiences, and the ones that hurt the most are often the ones that we can learn the most from. We have to take what joy we can find and leave the pain behind.
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