Every now and then we reassess our lives. Especially when you get up at an age like me. Hey, I’ve had a good life. But there have been my share of bumps in the road. The key is do we learn from these trials and tribulations and possibly see some light, or do we wallow in self-pity? Do we all have a little Charlie Brown in us? Who can forget the Peanuts comic strip where character Lucy sums up her friend.
“You, Charlie Brown, are a foul ball in the line drive of life! You are a miscue! You are three puts on 18th green! You are a dropped rod and reel in the lake of life! You are a missed free throw, a shanked nine iron, and called a third strike.”
I sometimes wonder how Lucy would have assessed me. We all have miscues, mistakes we’ve made in the past, and our share of tumblings. But I’ve learned that even though one may suffer brokenness, if you set your mind to it a brighter life can spring from what seemed like despair.
