Twists and Turns

Life has more of them than all of the episodes of 24 combined!

You try and make the best decisions you can and live life as it should be lived, and then boom! A turn that grabs you and makes you contemplate things rarely dealt with.

A friend of mine received news yesterday that his younger brother died.

That's a twist. That's a turn. 40 years of age is not old.

The crazy thing with twists and turns is that they do mess up your equilibrium, but they don't have to pitch you from the path. If you have something to hold on to, you can survive the ride. It might get bumpy, bouncy, crazy, but you don't have to get thrown off the ride of life.

Have you ever hung onto something that gave way when you put your weight upon it? I've even stood on something that was solid only to have it fall away from under me because I hadn't stabilized it first. The point is, what do you have in your life that won't break, buckle, leave you when you need some stability in your life?

Life's twists and turns should be a learning experience for us. They should teach us that we need something that will never change in our lives. Something that will give us stability and a hand-hold when life tries to throw us off it's back.

What are you hanging onto?

MTC! (now more than ever)

Mark