I found this quote today at Way Cool Quotes:
"What was hard to endure can be sweet to recall."
~Occidental Proverb
~Occidental Proverb
And I was wondering, is this true for you?
Can you remember something that was difficult to endure but sweet when you remember it?
Can you remember something that was difficult to endure but sweet when you remember it?
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The first thing that comes to mind is when my sister and I climbed Dog Canyon. I was sure I was going to die... absolutely certain...
And then we did make it to the top and ate the best meal I have ever eaten in my life ever... bar none.
The climb down was just as grueling but in a different way, and I was just trashed by the time we got back to the car...
And I remember it as one of the high points in my life... one of my grand adventures.
Dog training school - the most terrifying and difficult thing I ever did. I had so much anxiety that my stomach was upset and my legs were rubbery when I even thought about having to go. I was sure it was going to kill me. Absolutely positive.
And then, it didn't kill me, it made me strong... and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything...
And I would never do it again either. LOL...
It was very difficult for me to endure my marriage ending to my kids' father. I was in love and totally committed to this man and he blindsided me and just up and left me with no job and 2 very small children, not quite 1 and 3 years old. I thought I was going to die. I could not believe that this man just left me and said he didn't love me anymore. It was also very difficult to endure the hardship of raising the kids as a single parent, but still, those times are sweet times because my parents really stepped up and showed us their love and support (literally on the support thing), and I managed to survive and get those kids raised pretty darn successfully on my own.
Those were definitely sweet times because my children were so little and even though I never planned on raising them alone, I think it made me a better parent and I was able to show my children by example that a woman doesn't have to have a man beside her to succeed and thrive.
It probably also made me a lot closer to my children for it to just be the 3 of us against the world. I wouldn't trade my experience raising my kids for anything and I'm very proud of my now 22 and 24-year-old children whom I raised without so much as an occasional boyfriend, by my choice!
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