When all is said and done...

I don’t get why we feel that nothing can happen because we have done all we can or need to do to cover all bases. Even when we know that in life, anything is possible. A fact that we are well aware of but which nevertheless always seem to confound us when it does happen. Sometimes the forces does conspire to remind us that we cannot always be in control of everything.

So, a few days ago all the operating systems in my house shut down. Completely. 

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I arrived home after a tiring journey to find that there is no power, the inverter, generator, cable TV, internet, everything had shutdown. And I could not recall that ever happening, nor could I explain how or why it did.

I had two choices: lose control at why this should be happening now, or take it in my stride and accept that there is nothing I can do about it at that moment and go to sleep. It was very difficult, but I chose the second option.

But I learned a few lessons. One, no matter what 'insurance' I have put  in place, systems do fail. Secondly, the way I react in the face of that failure is purely my choice. Negative energy depletes, being positive will help me take a step back and re-assess. And thirdly, while a bad experience might not leave me totally unscathed, I would have learned something, one way or the other. 

The way we react in the face of the small is a reflection of our reaction when the big things happen. With so much happening in the larger world, why sweat the little things?

After all, what guarantee do we have in life? According to Joel Osteen 'you can’t control everything around you. Be your best and trust God to take care of the rest.' 

I vote we breath and be free oh!