Longtime radio industry veteran Jerry Del Colliano recently sent along this wise counsel:
A friend of mine in the radio industry wrote me the most beautiful email about the ups and downs he has experienced in his life.
As he puts it: “My goal in life was to become a good father, husband, employee . . . now there is no employer, the kids have left the house and I am divorced”.
I wrote back: I wish I could take back all MY bad decisions and actions in life. The only problem is, these very irritations are what transform us. We keep living by learning. No one’s life is right out of the box and ready to roll for an entire lifetime.
Pain is transformational.
Bumps in the road are building blocks.
We learn humility as a result of our arrogance.
Everything happens for a reason. We are not always privy to what that reason is so patience, faith and good works are what keeps us going down the road to success and happiness.
Adversity introduces a person to him or herself and to those around them.
© 2015 Jerry Del Colliano
And … for a Christian, consider these words from the Scriptures, in the NIV translation . . .
In Isaiah 30:20:
Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them.
And, in Psalm 119:76, the writer calls to the Lord:
May your unfailing love be my comfort,
according to your promise to your servant.
Marlin
