Today's Thought - March

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March 7

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

~Voltaire

To learn more about anything is to become increasingly able to make meaningful observations: “Aha! That’s why the teacher said to do it this way!” or “Now I get it! It’s this command, not that one, that runs the program!” In large part, to know the difference is to know the right questions.

We can’t change the fact of a divorce, for example, but we can deal more creatively with loneliness. If we’re short, we can’t make ourselves taller, but we can learn to deal with insensitive jokes. If someone has died, we can’t make that person live again, but we can do something about the despair we may feel. What’s the correct question? Will God reverse what has happened? Or is the question really this: Will God give us the spiritual power to deal with what is?

If we have been asking that God spare us pain, perhaps we should try a different question: Will God lead us through our pain to a greater understanding of life?

I will learn to trust more in my Higher Power and the direction He gives my life.

Today's reading is from the book Days of Healing, Days of Joy: Daily Meditations for Adult Children*