Coping

The past couple of weeks have been nothing short of DRAMA. Two misunderstandings, one showdown, one muggery, one battered victim, all rolled into one. That's how dramatic it was.

And I still managed to read two mystery novels to completion. The thing was, I realised that real life IS stranger than fiction. I read ferociously to escape this crazy world that is mine for a while. Reading about other peoples' problems and bafflement about dead bodies that insist on turning up when you least expect it made me instantly grateful that there are no dead bodies embroiled in my dramatic couple of weeks.

Also, having friends who understand helped an awful lot. I know that I'm not alone.

This Too Shall Pass

If I can endure for this minute
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be-

If I can remain calm and quiet
With all the world crashing about me,
Secure in the knowledge God loves me
When everyone else seems to doubt me-

If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that this will pass away, too-

Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all of the chains

That are binding me tight in the darkness
And trying to fill me with fear-
For there is no night without dawning
And I know that my morning is near.

...Helen Steiner Rice