Good morning and happy Friday. I hope you have had a good week and you are doing well. I have had.
Speaker 1:
I think you know, or I have shared, that I have a very tight-knit group of friends from college and we still communicate, we still text, and several of them have been walking through some horribly difficult challenges lately. It is hard to watch, it's hard to just because it's like I just feel helpless, I don't know what to do. You know, I don't know how to support them more than just praying for them, which, of course, is always the first response. But there's not a whole lot more that I can do. But, as we have been, I've been walking with my friends and watching them navigate it. I was able to see that several of them have made kind of little bonds with other people who have walked through something similar, who have experienced similar situations or dynamics, and I thought you know, probably the me of 15 years ago would have been jealous that these friends are leaning into these other friends and not me. But one thing I have realized is I am so grateful that they have someone who they can relate to, who can maybe provide wisdom or guidance beyond anything that I have experienced or, you know, am able to offer, and I guess my encouragement today this is not really health related, but my encouragement today is, if you're walking through a difficult season, number one it may be that God is going to be able to use you in the future to be that support for someone else, to be that wisdom or that guidance that other people may not be able to offer. And then, secondly, are there people who can guide you, and only you know who those are. But I just think there's been so much power in that and I'm so grateful that these friends have each other in these just excruciating conditions and on a much, much, much smaller scale.
Speaker 1:
I, because you know that I listen to all things health and learn and all of that kind of stuff. I've heard so many people recently talking about how, like I woke up and I was 20 pounds heavier and then, you know, when, I was in the middle of perimenopause, and I feel like that has provided me to be more empathetic to other women, because I've had a similar experience like what, the, what happened, and so, again, significantly smaller scale. But I just think that it's important to have the perspective, when we are going through challenging things, that it may be used for something greater and different than we expected. It doesn't negate the harm.
Speaker 1:
I'm so sorry if that is you or walking through it, but there may be more purpose in it than we can feel or realize at the moment, and it may be that it's an opportunity to lean into or to reach out to an old friend who you don't, you know, you don't talk with that much, but you know that she understands and she knows, and so it might just be an opportunity for that. So kind of a strange little Amy uncut today. But that is what's on my heart and I thought I would pass it along. Have a good one. Thanks, as always, for being a part of this community.