GRACE OF GOD AND FRIENDS

Per today's morning meditation of Fr. Richard Rohr, "If there isn’t some way to find some deeper meaning to our suffering, to find that God is somewhere in it, and can even use it for good, we will normally close up and close down."

There's my truth. What I especially love is that I learned that truth awhile back from another source entirely. Which is unneeded, but welcomed, assurance that I'm still on the right path, going in the right direction. 

It's always fireworks in my heart when I read anything, including the long-gone Ann Landers column, that confirms my path. Probably because I was so long on a path that was mine and mine alone, and I was  determined to keep it that way. I knew all there was to know about all there was to know, and if I didn't...don't-let-anybody-else-find-out-or-they'll-know-me-for-the-fake-and-phony-that-I-am-scared-to-death-no-that-I-know-I-am. That was all one word on my continuous mind-loop back then.

But by the grace of God and a little help from my friends, I found God somewhere in it and could even use it for good.

Thank You.