Amidst my nerdery this morning (I was watching a documentary while walking on the treadmill), commentary from the narrator caught my ear and resonated. He said:
"In order to thrive, forests, large and small, depend on fire. Many conifers seal their cones with resin, which must burn away before the seeds can germinate. Out of the ashes springs new life. Trees are born in fire."
To quote someone else I know, "what's true in the physical is true in the spiritual."
In order to become whom we need to be, we all need to endure a fire. Most of us pass through many firestorms, and no one gets a free pass. It's true that the fires we experience are often unexpected, destructive and devastating right away. But from the ashes springs new life. Change is a part of life - some changes we get to control, and others we don't. But our attitude about the whole business is entirely within our control.
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