It's just not fair!

How many times do we hear this?  But, it's not fair...  Unfortunately, many times life isn't fair.  Life can happen to us or our loved ones.  We feel powerless to change the course of the negative path we find ourselves on at times.  We feel almost swept up in the rapids unable to get our footing.  I have been watching life around me lately, watching those I love.  So many of the people I hold dear are caught in different storms of life.  Some of the storms are things that can't be controlled and some can be.

Viewing the storms around me got me thinking about the storms in my own life.  What do I do to get through the storms?  Do I run and hide, pretending if I do nothing it will just go away or do I stand up and fight.  Looking back over my life there was a time I just hid and prayed the storms would just go away or get better.  Hiding never seemed to get me anywhere but more stuck in the storm.  Watching those around me, it seems to be the same.  So, why is it that when we are in the storm, we choose to stay stuck by trying to hide from what is happening instead of standing up and fighting for ourselves?  That's a pretty loaded question.

This morning, I heard the answer.  Fear.  Fear is why we hide.  Fear is why we stay stuck.  Fear is why we throw up our hands and say it's not fair instead of doing something about it.  I for one don't want fear to dictate my life.  I don't want fear to keep me from pushing to get out of the storms that life is undoubtedly going to throw at me.  Each day I am going to keep taking the steps forward that I need to in order to remove myself from the storm.  I am going to keep praying, but I am also going to keep moving.

When life isn't fair, don't stay stuck there.  Reach out to someone if you need to.  Do whatever it takes to keep moving forward, but keep moving.  I promise life isn't going to be fair, but you can decide just how unfair you are going to allow it to be.  Learn from the storms and do what it takes to get to the rainbow on the other side.  Don't let fear rob you of the beauty waiting for you.

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