I like reading books by Anne Lamott. She's sometimes irreverent and her language can be "colorful", but she gets it. She's had tough times, many that she admits resulted from her own poor choices, and many that did not. She finds meaning and purpose in the struggle of life. This is from her book Help Thanks Wow.
"Most of us figure out by a certain age--some of us later than others--that life unspools in cycles, some lovely, some painful, but in no predictable order. So you could have lovely, painful, and painful again, which I think we all agree is not at all fair. You don't have to like it, and you are always welcome to file a brief with the Complaints Department. But if you've been around for a while, you know that much of the time, if you are patient and are paying attention, you will see that God will restore what the locusts have taken away."
I love Anne Lamott too. I just read Help, Thanks, Wow, Some Assembly Required and her newest one, Stitches. All full of great stuff. I hope you are hanging in there--sounds like you've hit a rough patch recently. Take care of yourself!
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