All Shall Be Well

It's a philosophy of mine....that ALL SHALL BE WELL. Things don't always go our way. Life can be difficult and challenging at times, we all can say we have experienced a myriad of ups and downs throughout our lifetime, but behind it all, no matter what, there is a voice inside me that says, ALL SHALL BE WELL. In the end, through it all, everything will be alright. Is that naive? Is that childish of me? I don't think so. It's called faith. It's called hope. We have words for these things in our language because these things exist. They are possible to have and hold on to. Faith and hope are what keep people getting up every morning in the face of adversity. When we're sick, sad, unemployed, feeling lost...we keep getting up. We keep trying over and over, because we have faith. We have faith that no matter how bad things may get, it can't last forever...that things will change and improve. Even beyond that knowledge that all shall be well, is the knowledge that whatever happens occurs for a reason. Perhaps we can't see the reason...maybe it seems like there couldn't be one. We ponder and contemplate on and on and see no reason, but believe there is one. Every road leads us somewhere else...somewhere we were meant to be, even if it's not a place we considered for ourselves.

It's all part of our journey, this up and down roller coaster ride. There is a rhythm to life, a cycle that cannot be circumvented. It is what it is, and we are a part of it, we are one with it. We are a part of the rhythm, we are one with everything, the air, the wind, the water. We should not shy away from what life is...we should embrace it, and acknowledge our part in the greater picture. We should have hope and faith that no matter what, we are doing what we were meant to do in the way we were meant to do it.

Have faith.

Have hope, for all shall be well.