Stuff Happens

Last night my wife informed me she had a horrible day at work. She is a nurse, and often times the job gets messy and stressful. She had to change her scrubs because at one point she got feces on hers. Gross! Anyway, somewhere in the shuffle either related or unrelated to that event, she lost her iphone! Wow, what a crazy concept! I couldn't imagine losing all of my contacts, notes, music, audiobooks, not to mention all the applications!

She speculated as to who may have taken the phone, where it was, etc, and we all do this from time to time. It is easy to look around the room and point out others who may have wronged you or just to take the weight of an event like this off your own shoulders. The plain and simple reality is - stuff happens. We have little or no control over anything outside of ourselves. It doesn't pay to beat yourself up, speculate, or point blame at others for any reason, however appropriate it may seem. The one thing that we do have control over is our attitude. One of my favorite quotes has to be:

"...It's not the blowing of the wind that determines our destination, but the set of the sail." -Jim Rone

So true. We all are faced with obstacles and hardships, and we all have our share of good fortune as well. It's more about how we deal with the things that happen than the actual occurrences themselves. So please pray that someone finds my wife's phone, I will pray for good fortune for all of you, but remember to stay positive and play the best hand you can from the cards you are given. Have a great day, and thanks for reading!