Outreach Magazine
The older I get, the more convinced I become that much of life is about responding.
That’s because the older I get, the more I see how much of life is actually out of our control. We do what we can to be proactive, prepared, and anticipatory of all different kinds of issues, but none of that preparation will ever make us completely ready for the things that happen to us every day. And every day, nearly without exception, we encounter something unanticipated. Something unexpected. And, in many cases, something troubling.
The question, then, is always how will we respond. What will we do in light of the various trials that come our way through the week? What will we do with the argument in the relationship? With the suddenly disgruntled coworker? With the distressed child or the unexpected financial downturn?
Because the trials are many and varied, it doesn’t do much good, I don’t think, to try and plan out in advance exactly how we will respond in every scenario; that’s a fool’s errand because, again, it’s impossible to know exactly what to expect. But we can make general plans. That is, we can think about the general attitude and posture we want to take whenever these trials come our way. More Here
