No matter who you are or what you do, there’s always gonna
be something uncomfortable poppin up. The wonderful thing about these turmoils
is that nothing lasts forever. A solution’s gonna come ya’ll, the problem is
gonna be resolved at some point, and we’re gonna be blessed as a result. All that’s good when we get to that point. However,
the quandary that must be addressed is: “What do we do in the meantime?” If I’m in pain right now, be it mental, physical,
emotional or whatever; the last thing I want to hear is “Don’t worry, it’s gon
be alright.” What I want to hear is how
do I get this thing off me. Now I ain’t talking about finding comfort tomorrow,
I’m talking about finding it yesterday. Well, into each life some rain must
fall, so let’s see how we can go about opening an umbrella when it comes.
You’ve heard the story of the scorpion and the frog I’m
sure, but allow me, if you will, an opportunity to reiterate it. There was this
huge storm, you dig, and the flooding had moved the woodland creatures to the
other side of the river. During the aftermath, a scorpion approaches a frog and
requests that the frog allow him to hitch a ride on its back as it swims to the
other side. To this request the frog responds, “If I give you a ride on my back you could sting me and I’d die.” To which the scorpion replies, “That would be stupid on my part, because if
I did that we’d both drown and I want to live. “ Reluctantly the frog gives in but, to its surprise,
as soon as they touch down on the other side the scorpion stings him. The frog
gasps and says, “I did what you
requested, how could you sting me after what I’ve done for you?” To which
the scorpion responds, “I’m a scorpion.
That’s what we do.”
The bottom line is that what happens to us is really not the
heart of the matter, no matter how serious it may seem. What is most important is how we respond to
the situation that we were confronted with. You see people are going to be who
they are, and until they have a
spiritual awakening of some sort, they’re going to continue to do what they do.
That’s why we’re equipped with the umbrellas of patience, tolerance, and
understanding so that we can open them when people who are in a storm coerce us
into getting into it with them. You see, it’s only with these umbrellas that we
can discern how we’re gonna get out of those storms..
Now I’m not saying that all people that have played a role
in our dilemmas purposefully did so to cause us harm, nor am I saying that
we’re stupid for allowing ourselves to get stung. What I am saying is that
whatever comes to pass in our lives, there’s going to be some consequences, so we
must prepare ourselves for the fallout. The longer we live, the more we experience
the storms of life. The idea is to learn how to weather these storms. When
somebody asks you to do something you don’t want to do, don’t do it. I know you
love them but give them a chance to learn how to weather their own storm, and remember
that you don’t have to stay in it with them to do so. If somebody accuses you
of doing something that you didn’t do, or of being something or somebody you know
you ain’t, don’t go back and forth with them. I know you want them to think
well of you, but where they are right now, is trying to push your button cause
they ain’t feeling good about themselves and their own situation. So just shut
your mouth, put up your umbrella up and let them do what they do till they get
tired. Don’t get mad cause they’re all up in your video. After all Froggie, you’re
the one who let them in. On the other hand, if you’re playing the scorpion role
right now, understand that although the story didn’t speak about what happened,
we already know that other storms were on the way and that, at some point, the
scorpion was definitely going to have to pay for the harm it caused and, at
some point, so will you.
It’s life ya’ll and the sun shines every day despite the
clouds, and the storms that follow. It’s a joy when you can see the sun, but what
we need to work on is what to do when we don’t see it. We’re gonna be who we
are, and we’re gonna do what we do, but let’s remember that every discomfort we
experience is an opportunity to look at ourselves and possibly alter the way we
look at and deal with what’s going on around us. It’s what we do during the
storms that determine how much sunshine we experience between them.
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