“Is there anything worse than hell?” Recently I was in a meeting at work discussing a major dilemma when someone referred to it as “hell”. Whimsically, the person asked “Is there anything worse than hell?” which created quite a bit of laughter. I laughed along but then turned serious when I realized that there really is nothing worse than hell. It’s eternal,…
All too often we slip into “poor me” mode. You don’t get a parking spot near the door of the store when it’s raining. You got 30” of snow and you have to shovel because your snow blower isn’t working. You find out you owe $500 in taxes that you didn’t expect. You rush in the door hands full of packages to a ringing phone… and it’s a telemarketer!
Or, maybe it’s something more serious. Like you lost your job and the bills are piling up. Or a dear friend has been diagnosed with cancer. Even more devastating is the loss of a loved one – especially when it’s a child or a younger person.
You know how you read something that really “hits home”? Well, this is one of those exact things. It was so long ago that I don’t even remember where I saw it. But I cut it out. That’s right folks… not in a facebook post, not in an email or on a website but a physical piece of paper – imagine that! As you’ll read though, you’ll know it wasn’t so long ago that there weren’t computers – I’m old but not THAT old! Anyway, it was such a memorable piece that I laminated it and kept it. I’m sharing it with you, hoping that you’ll find it as precious as I have. It was written by Terry Helwig.