because of love

dear bloggers, internet surfers and everyone else in between...
today i had an epiphany, and i am going to share it with you.

now i should be going to bed because it is midnight and i work early in the morning tomorrow, but i feel like perhaps there is somebody out there who needs to hear what i have to say. so, whether i know you or not, listen up. this is for you.

so recently my life has taken many a twist and turn, and i have wound up here. i can't say the journey has been perfect and fun every step of the way... if you don't already know, let me be the first to tell you, the most important lessons in life, are those learnt through the toughest times. guaranteed.

for some reason, us humans, we are extremely stubborn, and we don't allow ourselves to see that we need to learn a lesson until we have hit rock bottom. and let me tell you from experience, rock bottom.... that sucks. but despite that fact.... because it's rock bottom, there is no way but up, and despite what you might think, there is always going to be a hand reaching out for you to grab while you're at the bottom of that hole. you just have to let yourself see it. and once you see it, grab hold of it, and never let it go.

now that last part is easier said than done. we get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of life that we forget that we need a hand to hold. we need somebody to talk to when times get tough... otherwise our problems, our frustrations, our guilt -you name it- it all gets bottled up inside of us until we allow ourselves to once again, reach rock bottom. but remember, there is always a hand. always.

so. now that I've exploded my intro all over this post, it's time to tie it back to the title. because of love...
remember that hand we talked about just a second ago? well that's what this post is about. that hand is there because whoever it belongs to, it extending it to you because of love. and not that gushy, physical, corny love you see in movies all the time... but the love you might feel for a complete stranger you notice is going through a hard time. the love you might feel towards someone, who despite the fact that they are rude, and selfish and blind, you would do anything for them. because of love; because of charity.

if you are a regular reader, you should know by now that i am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or, more commonly known, I am a Mormon. and in the Latter Day Saint church, we believe, or define, charity to be the pure love of Christ. so for the remainder of this post, i am going to attempt to use the word charity, instead of love. forgive me if a couple of times i forget, but i feel i need to get my point across, and the word love just doesn't cut it.

so, i am going to tell you a small story. a story about someone whom i care for deeply, and for whom i would do anything.

there is a young man in my life, who is going through an exceptionally hard trial. it hasn't happened over night, and it didn't come as a surprise to him. you see, through his actions -stubborn behavior, ignorance, rebellion, you name it- he has isolated himself from the ones he loves. he has pushed everyone away in anger, frustration, and confusion. He doesn't know who else to turn to. he has become numb in a sense.

and it hurts me to see him like this. because of charity. He has hurt me in his journey, multiple times. each time i was hurt, some more than others. i got angry multiple times. but the epiphany i had today made me realize something. it brought to my attention the importance of being that hand. the importance of feeling, and acting on charity. there will always be a shortage of people that care. but there will never be a shortage or reasons to care.

i have come across many people in my life who have hurt me, and walked out of my life without so much as a goodbye. I'm not going to lie. most of them i was glad to see leave. and i really hope that they saw that there was somebody there for them when they needed to be picked up; whoever that may have been.

i can't change the past, that's a given. but what i can do is create a brighter future. and yea yea i know I'm just feeding you all fortune cookie bogus but going back to the beginning of this post, someone somewhere needs to read these words. and hopefully these words are that nip in the but that helps you reach out for that hand when you've hit rock bottom.

i hope the ones i hold dear in my life know how much i truly care for them, and how much charity i feel towards them (if that makes sense) so with that i will leave a quote i read the other day when at one of my best friend house:

Accept what you can't Change, and Change what you can't Accept.

later <3 :)