Life's Disappointments...

     Although, not a 'biggie' compared to LOTS of disappointments, I, just, 'suffered' one, now. As I was in the midst of 'sharing' some, thoughts, and, attempting to be 'amusing', while writing my, daily, 'blog', the power in my house went out...really, rather, just, a,'flicker', as it immediately came back on; Yet, the 'damage' had been done, as it was enough of an outage to put my computer 'out of commission' and, delete all of my 'work'. I will admit, that, this was a bit, disappointing, as I was near, finished, and, quite-liked what I had 'created', and, for a brief, moment, I felt a bit, miffed, but, nothing serious. And, so...I took a deep-breath and moved-forward. This, tiny, 'incident' caused me to think about disappointment, in general, and those, which, life 'doles-out' to us...some BIG and others, inconsequential; however, every of them, requiring the same response from us...managing to find a way to get by and through them. Certainly, there exist some, that, can be utterly, devastating, and, require a great, deal of 'work' and time to 'push through' and get back to a happy and healthy 'place' within ourselves; Then, there are the type, which,occurred for me, today...miniscule, by comparison to some, others, yet, a 'let-down', just the same. Whenever, our 'expectations' are crushed, or, life 'throws us a curve-ball' we can feel dismayed...dissatisfied...dejected. These, feelings are, VERY, normal, and, a part of the 'process' of 'grieving'; be it over a, significant-loss, or, simply a moment that didn't 'pan- out' for us. Life, as we know, quite, frequently, 'challenges' us with the 'changes', which, it presents to us. In order to 'rise-above' the emotion(s), such as bitterness, feeling crestfallen, becoming angry, and/or. inconsolable, all, which, can result from, certain, of life's, disillusioning-moments, we must, instead, discover ways to recapture our, more-positive, selves, and 'overcome' the opportunity to remain despaired. Undoubtedly, there are a variety of ways in which this can be accomplished; for me, however, there is simply, one way, this, being to have NO expectation(s), along with subscribing to a belief, that, ALL, things occur, as they are intended, even though we may not understand why. Believe me, I have experienced, GREAT disappointing, moments, in my personal-life, some, which, I have no explanation for, other than to believe that they occurred for a reason I have, yet, come to understand, and, others, for which I DO acknowledge a purpose. However, in all, instances, I have 'let go and let God', for I believe, that, even if I do not understand, He KNOWS what He is doing and why. Just Sayin'...