Life really can be amazing, yet there are many times it’s just completely awful! The process of life is not prejudice. On the contrary, it doesn’t matter what your age, race or gender is… life happens to all of us.
This past summer, my husband was having some health issues. Due to that, he was struggling through the awful part of life. During this time, he had received a gift from our youngest daughter . It was the quote written by L. R. Knost, “Life Is Amazing And Then It’s Awful.” This was the first time I had ever heard it before, and I viewed the simplicity of it as both profound and drastically true. If you’re like me and have never heard of it before either, you can read it below. Really take it in as you read it, and then ponder what it means for you.
Life is amazing.
And then it’s awful.
And then it’s amazing again.
And in between the amazing and awful
it’s ordinary and mundane and routine.
Breathe in the amazing,
hold on through the awful,
and relax and exhale during the ordinary.
That’s just living heartbreaking,
soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life.
And it’s breathtakingly beautiful.
L. R. KNOST
As for my husband, he’s still not quite back to 100%, but he’s allowing God to use even the awful part of life, to bless the other parts of his life. For instance, he’s realizing life doesn’t have to always be so serious! This experience is teaching him to how to just laugh and enjoy some of the simpler things in his life, and to not get so worked up about things that are out of his control. “That’s just living…”
So like the author of this quote did, I hope you find beauty in everything; what is and could be an ordinary, awful, heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing life. Most of all, I hope you never forget that your life (and THIS life), is breathtakingly beautiful.
Thanks for reading and have a blessed day!
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