Cosmic Gardener – Cultivating a Life

Our life’s journey is rarely smooth. We often miss road sign, encounter potholes, sometimes even run into dead ends. The choices we make along the way influence the outcome.

We marvel when we learn about those who overcome unspeakable adversity and triumph against all odds. Consider for a moment that rather than allowing the obstacles they met to become stumbling blocks that left them dispirited and unable to see a clear way forward that, instead, they chose to persevere and developed resilience by using the hurdles they met as stepping stones. Not only surviving the difficulties they encountered, by being willing to look at the unknown ahead as potential opportunity, possibly they even thrived because of them.

Facing challenges we often find ourselves in the dark and under pressure. Perhaps by divine design. Will our experiences make coal of us, or will we become diamonds?