Challenge + Hard Work = Growth

Opportunity for growth presents itself with every challenge!


I LOVE/HATE this phrase because it means there is a lot of work ahead! Can’t remember where I read it but it just stuck in my mind. 8 simple words, yet so difficult to fully comprehend and accept their meaning. As I sit and wait for my next scheduled CT scan appointment (Sept. 16th at 8:45 a.m. -scan; Sept. 20th, Dr.’s appt. to review the results), I need to wrap my mind around the fact that my life might change after the 20th or NOT… So, as analytical as I tend to be, I start looking for all the possible answers to the question “What if?” Anticipation and anxiety sets in…

Finding the opportunity to grow becomes my CHALLENGE…. What I really want to do is hide in a cave for the next 20 days. I struggle to find the beauty, joy and pleasures that I know life has to offer. Nature gives me that…. I love the quiet, tranquility and peace that can only be found in nature that’s also when I feel the closest to God. Back to the bare basics, NATURE gives, NATURE takes away!!!! This becomes a very personal and private battle to stay positive and optimistic. I search deep into my soul for every bit of faith in me. My conversations with God become intense and desperate. I will be spending a lot of time meditating and praying with humility to find internal peace! And when I do find it, once again acceptance will take the place of fear and that will be my GROWTH!

HOPE is “to expect with confidence”