I believe with all my heart that those who make the greatest difference in this life are those that focus not on the cloud, but the silver lining, the bright spots in those things we face.
There is ALWAYS a silver lining.
Sometimes the shiny stuff is obvious. We just have to choose to focus on the positive over the negative.
Often, life can seem so overwhelming that it gets really difficult to find or focus on anything good. We pray for God to give us a break (as we yell, or whine, or scream, or cry....). It is not uncommon for a friend or someone outside our mess to be the one to bring something positive to our attention.
The band Kutless tells us in their song "What Faith Can Do" that we have "gotta face the clouds, to find the silver lining.".
We must face our clouds. Even our darkest ones. In doing so, we can see how strong we are. We can be shaped by the trial.
We can choose to let our cloud make us better. We can choose to search out that silver lining & be positive in the midst of negative chaos.
As we do this & journey through life, others will look at us astonished.
They might even question how we do it.
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