Hiking

In one of my classes, I learn something that I already believe is true. The way you think is the way you feel, and the way you feel is the way you behave. The other day, I went to do a hike and I meet a lady.  We talk the 5 miles that we walked. I really admire this woman, three month ago she had an accident and she end up broken, literally broken! Her ankle was completely broken the doctors have to put a metal plaque to hold it together. Her elbow was hanging, another metal there. Her head have a big scar of the stitch that they have to make to close it.  The other hand was cover with something like a wristband that was covering her had, her wrists and part of her arm, and other scars. You see she was literally broken! This was her third hike since the accident. She need help to go down some hills or steps, but she keeps up with all of us, actually in some hills she was better than me. That day was her second week without a wheelchair, but also her boyfriend end with her recently.

Imaging this, you think that you have the worse work, the worse marriage, the worse relationship, the worse relationship, the worse body, and the worse life. How do you feel now thinking this? You feel sad, mad, you feel injustice, and you feel upset and many other unpleasant feelings. Now think how you would react with these unpleasant feelings inside of you? You yell at you couple, you yell to your coworkers, you mistreat you kids, start eating more than you should or maybe don’t eat at all. You start looking out of your relationship. You start building big walls around you so nobody bothers you or hurt you. This woman very easily could laid down in her bed thinking how bad things are, why this have to happen to her, feeling no strengths to get up and start walking again. She could make so many stupid things with her life because not only her accident, but she also lost her boyfriend who she loved very much.  This woman was determining to walk again and be able to have her live back.  Maybe not with her boyfriend, but with new friends and people that really that loves her and are there for help her and encourage her to keep going.

It is time to stop blaming everybody else, including God for the bad things and feelings that we have. It is time to take responsibility and change our thinking. I am sure that will make the difference in our life.

Psalm 139:13-14

¹³ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.


Big Hug,
MRM