Gratitude Is A Key Disposition For Living A Graceful, Redemptive Life

[Geee]

The Federalist:

Looking out my window early this morning into the pre-dawn darkness, I watched an awesome display of lightning, and listened to the crashing of thunder and hard rain. Nature was speaking in angry and ominous tones, and it reminded me once more that I am a minor creature in the epic known as “Life.”

 

This phenomena seemed particularly appropriate when penning words about facing life on life’s terms. Five hours later, the sky is mostly white clouds and patches of blue. The storm has passed for now, but not forever. Life is temporal, as are storms, trials, good fortune and bad. Nobody gets a free ride.

 

If “life” could speak to us, it might laughingly define itself as a dark comedy where flawed and naïve human beings provide the entertainment. Its sardonic humor might rest on the fact that after several millennia much of humanity is largely bewildered about living life successfully on life’s terms. Many, but not all.