Most of us at one time or another will have something happen to us that causes us to ask "why me?" As a cancer patient, I remember the first (and certainly not the only!) time I pondered why I had "drawn the short straw" in life. Today I shared these thoughts with an old friend over lunch, and that topic came up. The only way I can get my mind around it is to believe that it's not about me. Perhaps the lesson to be learned (and I have to believe that there IS a lesson!)will center around someone else's reaction TO me. Maybe I'm just a ripple effect? It was refreshing to share that concept and have someone else be in agreement. Maybe I'm NOT so crazy after all!
I have to say that the test of a friend is when you haven't seen each other in years, yet pick up the conversation as if you've been in constant contact. It makes me smile....
