Heard a quote today while watching one of my favorite shows.
It was a quote from the Bible.
"The more blessed you are, the worse you get."
It doesn't matter if I am faithful or not, doesn't matter where this quote may have or may not have come from, it doesn't even matter if I believe in any of it - this sentence is simply a notion. It is a silver lining to a grey storm. It is trying to find the good in a horrible situation.
I have always believed in karma and that things happen for a reason... That things balance out eventually. Can't go through all sorts of turmoil without the opposite happening. Actions and reactions. Ups and downs. And every single person goes through his/her own individual trauma.
Sometimes it is just nice remembering that to go through turmoil also means that an equal and opposite blessing will happen too.
Plus - you never know - sometimes if I ever feel like I am on the extreme as far as trauma goes, maybe I will also end up being the luckiest person alive in some other area of my life.
Like:
"Hey - so I puke every day, I can't get excited or be intimate without major pain or nausea, and they still can't quite figure out why I am so sick... But maybe I'll win the lottery this weekend!"
It wouldn't improve how I feel, but it would be an enormous upturn!
And overall, if our lives really are on these rollercoaster rides with equal ups and downs... I am okay dealing some relatively severe downs if I can still get the relatively drastic upturns.
Always remember - whatever you are dealing with, maybe it is for a reason. Perhaps there is something too this whole idea of dealing with suffering because you are truly blessed in other ways.