Never has four years moved so slow and so fast at the same time. Turning around to look back at my life during those years, it has sped by. How can four years have passed so quickly? Breaking the years down into each of eleven surgeries, those days passed at a crawl.
Reflecting often during my days working on the farm, I ask myself, " Now that you are at the end of your recovery, what would you change regarding your experience?" This is not a quick answer to be spat out, it requires digging deep within, to a place usually reserved for those few times in our lives when something rocks us to our core. So I sit and get real with myself.
Would I change anything? Of course I wish the collision would not have happened, but that was not in my control. I am well educated in pain, but it keeps me humble. The journey was long and hard, but look at the life lessons I have reaped. My family has endured this time with me as I healed my broken body, but they have learned how to pull together when times are tough. This one single event has caused incredible amounts of pain for many, but for myself, it has given me a better home in life.
Physically I am handicapped, but emotionally and spiritually, I am in a area that I have never been before. God is not one to pass up opportunity. He has given us freedom to choose so he could not stop the collision, but he took the time to present to me an opportunity to work on myself, my relationship with others and my relationship with Him. Again, it was my choice to accept this convenience, but I know He tugged at me diligently to walk in His direction.
The year has closed and a new year has just begun. I have no idea how I will write this next segment of my life and for once I am not going to plan it out. I will live and learn as I go. I will appreciate the gift of my own life and I will believe in myself. Not having an outline will be a contrast for me as I am letting Him lead me, but I do feel a bit of excitement at the unknown. With Him as my escort, I am no longer afraid. I guess my answer is, no. Even I shake my head at that conclusion, but this is what I feel.
Reflecting often during my days working on the farm, I ask myself, " Now that you are at the end of your recovery, what would you change regarding your experience?" This is not a quick answer to be spat out, it requires digging deep within, to a place usually reserved for those few times in our lives when something rocks us to our core. So I sit and get real with myself.
Would I change anything? Of course I wish the collision would not have happened, but that was not in my control. I am well educated in pain, but it keeps me humble. The journey was long and hard, but look at the life lessons I have reaped. My family has endured this time with me as I healed my broken body, but they have learned how to pull together when times are tough. This one single event has caused incredible amounts of pain for many, but for myself, it has given me a better home in life.
Physically I am handicapped, but emotionally and spiritually, I am in a area that I have never been before. God is not one to pass up opportunity. He has given us freedom to choose so he could not stop the collision, but he took the time to present to me an opportunity to work on myself, my relationship with others and my relationship with Him. Again, it was my choice to accept this convenience, but I know He tugged at me diligently to walk in His direction.
The year has closed and a new year has just begun. I have no idea how I will write this next segment of my life and for once I am not going to plan it out. I will live and learn as I go. I will appreciate the gift of my own life and I will believe in myself. Not having an outline will be a contrast for me as I am letting Him lead me, but I do feel a bit of excitement at the unknown. With Him as my escort, I am no longer afraid. I guess my answer is, no. Even I shake my head at that conclusion, but this is what I feel.
Although I have never asked the question, "Why?" this happened to me, while recovering I did not understand why the path had to be so difficult. Until now.
We would never listen unless it was.
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