Sometimes when stressful people come into my life I wonder why it is so hard to be Christ-like around them. I think "if he or she weren't around it would be SO much easier to be that better, more perfect person that I'm trying to be." My friend Alexis was talking about just this same topic a lima bean book club about a year ago. The thoughts she shared resonated within me but it wasn't until this week that I think I empirically came to understand this next thought: "because I this 'special spirit' is in my life I have learned to be a better more patient person that I wouldn't have had a chance to be before that 'special spirit' somehow landed him or herself in my life."
As I finish training for my new job I try to remember this thought as I smile through 8 hours with my trainer. I am SO earning every smile wrinkle that comes my way-maybe then I won't look like I'm as old as her 13 yr-old daughter . . . Did I mention this is a work in progress?
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