Is Life Like Candy Crush?
Greetings All,
They always say "third time
is the charm" maybe that will be true with this newsletter. Sometimes when
I sit down to write this I just have a bee in my bonnet and need to just spit
it out. I do try to keep the newsletter
positive because I believe we have enough negative in our lives. It is easy to complain about all that is
wrong with the world and our lives, and I have never been one for the easy or
quickest way in life (as you are probably know already.) So this is another attempt of the first go
around of the newsletter I tried this week, but with a different approach.
Something pretty miraculous
happened this week and I was trying to find a way to tell the story in a way
that would not spill to many of the details about the people. Let me give you a
preface before giving you the story.
There is a game on Facebook called Candy Crush. I know, I know....so many times I can kick
myself for even beginning to play it.
Friends were playing and I looked at it and thought HOW BORING!! When I was stuck on my other games, I would
come back to Candy Crush and eventually I "Got It" and kept playing. Now
it is a great challenge and I like being able to figure out the strategies to
win the level. A couple of things about
Candy Crush you need to know before I get to the meat and guts of the
newsletter. The more levels you complete
the harder the game is to win. Sometimes
you get some easy boards and you fly through then. Other times you get stuck on them for what
seems like eternity. All the levels are
beatable but sometimes in addition to your skill and talent you need to let it
all fall into place to be able to clear the level. This includes being patient, sometimes I see
a better move while I am making another move.
I think why did I just do that and then I have to start all over
again. You have "lives" which
is the amount of times you have to try and achieve the task on the board. Once you have gone through your lives, you
need to either wait for them to accumulate again or ask friends for help. From there you basically have two
options. You can either be persistent and
keep trying or quit and give up. Let me add there is a help line, actually many
sites you can go for help. Because
sometimes there are little tricks in order to clear the level and move on.
Today I realized life is alot like
Candy Crush in many ways. Things have to
start coming together in order to be able to move forward. You can either quit trying because life is
not the way you want it or you can be persistent and keep trying till you get
it. Let me tell you about this miracle
that happened this week.
I have some friends who have
helped me tremendously in the last 6 months when I had no job and no
money. They graciously paid my rent for
me for the last six months. This past
week I finally received my "lump sum" of disability. That is the good news. The bad news, it was not what I was
expecting. It was less than what I
expected. Originally with my disability
I was going to buy a new car, that was top on the list. Second on the list was paying back my
friends. That all changed and I decided
to pay my friends first.
On Wednesday I called my friend
and told them the money had come and I needed to send them their money. Her husband is a teacher and needed a new
computer for a class he will be teaching next fall. I was told they had no idea where the money
would come from for the computer but they felt it would come. They had just discussed this Wednesday
morning! You see where this is going
right? I called three hours later and
gave them the news on the money. Then I
was asked the magical question. "Do
you know off the top of your head how much it is?" When I gave her the amount she said,
"You have got be kidding me! You
are not going to believe this but that is exactly what we need for the new
computer!" She went on to say,
"Little did we know six months ago when we were helping you, you would be
our savings account for our new computer."
I have thought about this all
week.
I think my week is alot like Candy
Crush. I was totally crushed when I saw
I was not getting the amount I thought I was getting with my disability. But at the same time I cannot complain
because now I get to focus on getting healthy and not so much trying to figure
out how to survive day to day. I know in
time it will all work out as it should.
And if I run out of patience there is always a help line through
prayer. I know Heavenly Father is aware
of my needs and desires and I believe everything happens for a reason. So after I have done all I can, it will fall
into place as it should.
My thoughts go back to my new car and the
plans I had this year. They were dashed
in a matter of minutes. But I have faith and believe that somehow that car will
come. I don't know how or when but it
will. I think why not now and realize
there could be a million reasons. For
one my objective is to get my health back.
I can guarantee you had I gotten a newer vehicle and more money I would
be out spending money and not concentrate on my health. Maybe I am being taught
to be cautious and continue to work on my legs and my health. That is the first thing that came to mind.
I saw a quote the other day that
said something like many of us pray for patience but the problem is we want it
right now. I know that feeling all too
well. So my message this week is, I know
sometimes it is frustrating when we have plans and they do not turn out as we
want them to. When that happens instead
of looking at the positive, frustration and negativeness usually sets in and we
spiral downward. Then (I think) we
decide we need to stay in control and make attempts to make it happen OUR WAY
and we are still not happy. If we only would have patience it may have a
different outcome for the better.
Today I went to the bank and sat
in a line at the drive thru. I wanted to
yell, "Can you move a bit faster?
Grandma was slow but she was old!!"
I didn't. I told myself
"Laura it is one drive thru" and then in the others I went through
today it was the same story. Long lines
and slow moving. I will admit by the last one my patience was very short. But then I remembered the computer story and
told myself, "it is all working out as it should." We don't always understand the
"why" things happen as they do, just that they do. I believe in
faith, and prayers and miracles. One day
I know I will understand it all.
I hope you are all well and life
is treating you good! There is a huge
Family History conference this week I will be attending from the comfort of
home. We are seeing warmer weather here
in Provo, and although that pesky groundhog saw his shadow, I believe Spring
will be here before we know it. My legs
will be grateful...they like the warmer weather.
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