R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts

"Adversity can make you better if you don't let it make you bitter. Why? Because it promotes wisdom and maturity." ~John Maxwell in Attitude 101

AAAHHHH! Adversity! Don't you just love adversity? Didn't you just embrace your divorce? Aren't you just so happy to be struggling through recovery? Of course not! In a big fat word ... NO! Human beings don't go looking for adversity. We don't have to. We run from it, but It somehow finds us on it's own. But here's the really amazing thing about adversity. It can be one of the best things that ever happens to us. That's not just psychobabble or positive thinking pretty talk. It's the truth. All kinds of tests ranging through all different disciplines come to the same proven conclusion: Adversity, trouble, trials, struggles (yes, even this divorce) can make you stronger and more beautiful and can also make your life more glorious! It is the absolute truth. However, the key is that we somehow embrace our disasters and use them to learn... to get wisdom...to get understanding....to discover what's really important in this life. Disasters, defeats and even divorce can be the turning point to a real understanding of of the magnificence of life with all of its wild twists and turns. And since adversity is part of being human, we may as well use it for what it's intended ... to make us more beautiful and more sure and to give us the power to shine brighter than ever before. So go grab wisdom! She's hiding in the middle of this ugly divorce!

"Above all and before all, do this: Get Wisdom! Write this at the top of your list: Get Understanding! Throw your arms aroung her--believe me, you won't regret it; never let her go--she'll make your life glorious. She'll garland your life with grace, she'll festoon your days with beauty!" ~ Proverbs 3:7-9 (The Message)