In times of trouble it’s difficult to remember that each strife is a test of ability.

The ability to keep going, to be grateful for all things

The ability to keep our faith, and trust in the bigger picture

Whatever this bigger picture may mean to you

The ability of being happy anyway

In spite of our own crosses that we carry

The ability to remember that there is a light at the end of the tunnel

Even though at times we can’t see it

The ability of not questioning your sanity

The humanness of not being perfect in all things or in anything

The remembrance that we are all equal, in Spirit

When we come full circle it is in Spirit that we return

Where names and titles are not important, nor impressive

Neither are the clothes we wear or who we know or what we know

All of this is forgotten.

Sarah