All Is Well

There are probably few moments in our lives– especially our adult lives– when we aren't worried or concerned about something (or someone). Much of life is coping with the constant change and the peaks and valleys that we come across as we travel through it.

I could make a list of situations various friends are coping with right now– some of them very challenging in a negative way– but all of them challenging because they involve letting go of someone or something in their lives to go forward. This could be moving on from a marriage that is dead or making a move across the country. And for some people, they are nervous but they embrace the change as much as they can and move forward with it. For others, they feel as if they have to wait for some time to pass for a variety of reasons before they can make movement in changing the situation.

No matter what's happening to us though, we must find ways of coping with it because the reality is that we're always faced with something. For me, I remind myself that "all is well." This comes from a prayer from St. Theresa of Avila that sits on my bathroom counter. It's a reminder that we are never alone and because we are never alone, we won't be left to wither in the darkness.

We might think we are in the darkness by ourselves but when we look back on past situations we've been through, we can see we felt the same way then. And guess what? Everything worked out.

So no matter what you're faced with, no matter how big or small the challenge, keep telling yourself all is well. The more you say it, the more you'll believe it. And you know life is short– you don't want to miss any of it because you were too busy worried about something.