How many times have we been in a difficult situation and despite of it we need to compose ourself or else sanity will leave us?
Have we find ourselves in a dark pit, like a tunnel that hope is our only chance to lead us into some light at the end of it?
How often do we become so cranky when life had become so tiring and messy?
Can you still smile with bouts of frustration and disappointments?
Can you still push on dreaming when life pulls you down without any reason?
The pressure can be so irritating, frustrating, depressing, or whatever you can pathetically describe it. But, this is the reality of life on earth. Can you still smile, be calm and confident? Can you still show grace despite of the pressure?
I imagine myself in the shoes of Mitch, someone who had been staying in the hospital for a month already. Her father have been in coma following a stroke and the family is not giving up on him. I've seen her struggle every single day, yet with a smile. I knew it even with a mask on because the eyes smiles too. It never lies! Her family is not that well off, they're struggling from diapers to an increasing hospital bill. However, Mitch never let her guard down, she is still compose in dealing matters with her father and for her own. It must be because of faith and hope.
Nevertheless, I have my own dose of pressure too. Yesterday, Sunday, should've been a time for myself and my family, but work sometimes gets on the way. I was tasked to treat one in-patient in the afternoon, that would be fast I said to myself so okay let's do it. On the way, I got hooked into a heavy traffic, so unusual on Sunday. This plus the humid weather already made me cranky. When I arrived at the hospital, and finished donning my PPE. I was informed by the nurse that the patient's BP shoot up at 180/100 mmHg. Thus, simply means treatment deferred at the moment. What the h***?! I travelled painstakingly on a heavy traffic for this? I'm almost at my wits end!
Yes. Just ALMOST.
When I think back on what Mitch has been experiencing for a month and yet still find grace amidst it all, I calmed down myself and realized that these are just so tiny bubbles of disappointments that I don't need to pop, rather just blow them off away.
Often times, we always need that patience for some petty stressors like what I experienced that Sunday; and of course a whole lot of extra patience for someone like Mitch. Big or small, they're just same circumstances that challenges our character.
I call it grace under pressure. The ability to smile and say bye bye to the nurse and the guard at the hospital despite of the annoyance. The ability to sing along with my favorite song on my way home. And, to be grateful for a day of sudden unfavorable changes.
"And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace." - John 1:16
This verse is just an amazing promise that we will never run out of grace, by God's grace.
Life has to go on amidst everything, mountains or valleys, good or bad, we have to keep moving forward.. with GRACE.
Just another article to inspire you. God bless!
P. S.
I really love showcasing faces of animals on this article today, their expressions are tangible and authentic! 😼🙈🐹🐼🐰
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