original post June 2010
Whether a father, a child, a friend, a president life can overwhelm. A problem eludes even the solution fashioned by great minds. In the midst of battle, another problem takes the stage. A third joins and the weight borne crushes. Impossible to avoid or ignore how do you act when confronted by such problems?
I don’t know. But even in ignorance pieces of the puzzle are there. Keep breathing. Call on foundational values. Openness created from honesty, humility, the history of your journey, reason, love, propel the next small step. To reach the objective movement is required.
A man approaches Abraham Lincoln and asks how he could have known the strategy to win the Civil War. I didn’t, replied Lincoln. Like the captain on a Mississippi River boat I could steer toward the next visible point. Repetition carries us home.
Great battles with some problems alter life. Stamina, like hope, has limits. Lincoln paid a price for the weight resting on his shoulders. It is a life truth that some are called to carry more, to suffer more. Whether a father, a child, a friend, a president, life can overwhelm. Keep breathing. Take the next small step toward the next visible point.
