I wouldn't have guessed my morning would be spent the way it was. Just last night I was laughing, singing, and joking around. But in less than 12 hours, my laughter turned into tears. My happiness turned into confusion. My singing turned into silence.
A day hasn't even gone by and I have experienced contrasting emotions. I have experienced life and death, laughter and tears, & joy and sorrow. Of course, I enjoyed last night much more than I enjoyed this morning. However, there is something special about both of them.
Life isn't always daisies and butterflies, nor is it always thorns and arrows. I won't always be happy, but I won't always be sad. And that's perfectly fine. Living with emotion requires experiencing feelings on both ends of the spectrum and all points in between. Living with emotion requires you to be okay with feeling things that make you uncomfortable. If you live blinded to part of the emotional line, I guarantee you will not live to the fullest amount that is possible.
Be frustrated. Be joyful. Be confused. Be excited. Be sad. Be adventurous. Be scared.
Embrace all the emotions that are out there and let them change your life. Channel your feelings into something beautiful, something remarkable, something impactful. Experiencing sorrow will increase your joy when it comes. Experiencing joy will change your perspective when you are filled with sorrow.
Make a decision to start experiencing parts of the spectrum you've never experienced before. Your life will be transformed in amazing ways. I promise.
Live with emotion.
It's true, Sarah Rose, totally true...I'm sorry you have to experience this so young and so close...yet, God...He is already working...already using this...and He will let it mold you more and more into His likeness...God is no stranger to emotion...part of being created in His image is the ability to experience a range of emotion...remember He holds you in His strong hands during this time...He saves all your tears in a bottle...
ReplyDelete(It's cool that you're blogging...I look forward to reading more...did you knowing that I have a blog? A long, neglected one...anyway, love you!)