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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
‘A clean home, a clean body, and clean company. Do you know where that leads?’ I could not have been more than five years old when she taught me this. I looked way up at her as she spoke. ‘Where does it lead, Gran?’ ‘To a clean conscience. To a good, clean life.’
Then it occurs to me. ‘You said you don’t know Giselle well. Is that correct?’
‘Because that, dear girl, is a frog. And not all frogs turn out to be princes.’
There’s nothing you can ever do but your best,
“A good cup of tea will cure all ills, and if it doesn’t, have another.”
‘Giselle, how did you know where to find me? How did you get my home address?’
That’s the trouble with pain. It’s as contagious as a disease. It spreads from the person who first endured it to those who love them most. Truth isn’t always the highest ideal; sometimes it must be sacrificed to stop the spread of pain to those you love. Even children know this intuitively.
Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.
My truth is not the same as yours because we don’t experience life in the same way.
The longer you live, the more you learn. People are a mystery that can never be solved. Life has a way of sorting itself out. Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.
