A Rough Day
Sometimes we just have our moments.
Sometimes you just have a rough day. The news of the world gets too depressing and at the same time your running into challenges that never seem to end. In my case it means the visual snow, tinnitus, and balance issues decide to play off all at once. The more I get worked up the more my eyes become sensitive to light. Along with my ears becoming very sensitive to sound. Add an already bad level of anxiety and it feels like you are dealing with large dragons. Even minor things like computer issues become worse than they seem. It takes everything that I have to try and keep my head above water. Inside I’m a jumbled wreck full of irrational fear and worry. My tolerance for bovine scat goes out the window and I feel like I have more in common with an irate snapping turtle than a fellow believer in Christ.
Prayer becomes my much needed lifeline. The time I need to try and get myself calm and take things as they are. Even if my prayer for the moment is “Jesus take the wheel. I’m in no condition to drive”. My life of prayer allows me to regain the focus needed. Even when the world decides it will throw endless curve balls going left, right, and dead center. When I am having that kind of day. I have to take a bit of a step back. To understand that my own issues are going to play some kind of havoc in how I’m seeing what is going on around me. A bit of over reacting here and there. Just taking things for what they are. My prayer becomes more focused so I can at least try and function.
The events of the world can be troubling enough that it can fuel anxiety. Which in turn makes many of our chronic issues that much worse. I take a bit of comfort in understanding that Christ did give us an idea of how things would play out. The history of the world shows this time and time again. What gives me hope even in my own rough days is looking though the eyes of the Saints and the times the they lived though. Some of them had to face uphill battles far worse than anything I have ever had to face. Makes my own struggles seem small over all.
Living the faith as a Catholic is by no means an easy journey to be on. We look into things we see that this was done by grand design. Christ wanted us to face our challenges head on. Because the journey is a difficult one. Sometimes my challenges reach the point that I want to break apart. Being tested via the endless amount of storms. Yet when the storms subside I am often left exhausted and yet stronger. My faith in Christ has helped me to navigate all I face.
Sometimes you just have a rough day. Either because the news of the world drags you down. Because of your own challenges playing havoc. Or all of the above. Not the first time this has happened and it won’t be the last.
By the Grace of God, I am still standing. That counts for something. -
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