Life is an Onion

What happens when a well thought out plan goes awry?  What happens when you find out you've just been diagnosed with a serious illness?  What happens when you find that someone defrauded you and got away with it?  Do you steam about it?  Do you seek revenge?  Do you break down feeling sorry for yourself, wailing and bemoaning your fate?  We all experience problems in life but for many of us the hand we're dealt can be a huge blow.  The question is, "how to handle it"?  What exactly do you do when life throws you a curve ball?  How do you get through it?  The answer--make a plan.  Our emotions can get the best of us, thus muddying up our situation.  In order to arrive at a solution we must first assess where we are, where we are going, what our options are and the end result.  Maybe we need to seek legal counsel.  In the case of illness, maybe we need a second opinion.  Making a plan can be daunting.  Where do you start?  Who do you contact?  Where are the resources you need to put the plan together?  More importantly how do you derive the strength necessary to cope with your situation?  Seeing I have a little experience in this let me first state that your situation can seem intimidating, maybe almost insurmountable.  But it is nothing to be afraid of.  The first thing you need to do is take charge.  Don't let your situation take charge of you.    With every problem there is a solution.  It's hidden.  It's like peeling the layers off an onion.  When you first start you pick up the peeler and then the onion.  You begin to peel the onion.  You start out slowly, gaining a little momentum, a little more traction.   Pretty soon, one layer is gone and you realize you just found the answer to one of your questions.  Then another layer and another.  You're beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel where before it was all dark.  Finding answers takes time.  They just are not going to appear because you snapped your fingers.  If one were to look at this topic in a spiritual manner, I believe we could learn much from it.  There are lessons to be learned in any situation and yes some of them can be hard ones.  But from a spiritual standpoint there is something else that can be discerned.  A secure knowledge that you are not alone in your anguish.  That there is a higher intelligence who is watching over you and your situation, gently prodding you to the right person to the right organization in order to help you get through this.  We have family, we have friends and they can be very helpful.  But ultimately what will carry you through to a conclusion is the strength you receive that comes from a much higher source.  Pray and you will receive.