“Althought the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
Helen Keller
I have traveled the world and I have seen much suffering. Perhaps one of the most helpful perspectives that I was given, was visiting widows and orphans in Africa. Seeing the situation that they were in completely challenged me in my state of self-pity. I was completely devastated and heartbroken by
Helen Keller
I have traveled the world and I have seen much suffering. Perhaps one of the most helpful perspectives that I was given, was visiting widows and orphans in Africa. Seeing the situation that they were in completely challenged me in my state of self-pity. I was completely devastated and heartbroken by
the loss of my husband. However, I did have family and friends to help take care of me. I had food to eat and a home to live in. I live in a country in which I can be a self-sufficient working woman. Some of these women and children in Africa were literally starving and without family. They live in a world in which it is difficult for a woman to provide on her own.
Learning to turn my hurt towards helping others greatly relieved my pain. It was easy to do while there, but it became a struggle again when back in the US. Selfish in nature, it is a constant struggle to give to others, although it is the best thing we can do. It is the most healing and it is what we are called to do.
Learning to turn my hurt towards helping others greatly relieved my pain. It was easy to do while there, but it became a struggle again when back in the US. Selfish in nature, it is a constant struggle to give to others, although it is the best thing we can do. It is the most healing and it is what we are called to do.
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