Starting new habits of organization takes effort, energy, it is hard work! Retaining the good organizational habits that help life to move forward relatively smoothly can be disrupted by the unexpected.
Death can enter your life. Illegal activities, unjust actions, just plain evil can suddenly knock you off of your feet and suddenly the new or old habits of organization are lost. There is after all only so much energy you have to give.
So what do you do?
During times of duress it all comes in the outlook you choose to take on. All is well with my soul comes from a hymn written during the darkest times of the author's life, Horatio G Spafford. It is the title of this blog post because as in Horatio Spafford's life I need to take on a vision that is eternal, not temporal. No matter what the losses in my life, all is well with my soul.
It is often helpful during the worst of times to go about one's business as if nothing at all is wrong. This does not mean to ignore true emotional suffering or need. But it does mean that you can say to yourself, what would I do right now if this problem were not in my life. And then do it. It is a way to keep going forward and not to let the sorrow or difficulties of life take control.
All Is Well With My Soul
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