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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 179361" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I believe more in the "it is what it is" way of thinking. You know, not all of us get only what we can handle. I know lots of people (some on this board, for instance) who get way more than their fair share (whatever that means) and I know some people who have had to be hospitalized due to the stressors in their lives....so what does that mean? God only gives what we can handle? To what degree are we handling what??</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I asked my mom, "Mom, do you believe that God only gives us what we can handle?" and she said, "I have always believed that. I think that once we ACCEPT a situation that has presented itself, then we're handling it...so we can handle more."</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Wow, from my mom who has dementia. I can't help but agree with her - it is what it is. Acceptance. The Serenity Prayer...accept the things we cannot change and change the things we can...some of you know it better than me, but the meaning is certainly not lost. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 179361, member: 2211"] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I believe more in the "it is what it is" way of thinking. You know, not all of us get only what we can handle. I know lots of people (some on this board, for instance) who get way more than their fair share (whatever that means) and I know some people who have had to be hospitalized due to the stressors in their lives....so what does that mean? God only gives what we can handle? To what degree are we handling what??[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I asked my mom, "Mom, do you believe that God only gives us what we can handle?" and she said, "I have always believed that. I think that once we ACCEPT a situation that has presented itself, then we're handling it...so we can handle more."[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Wow, from my mom who has dementia. I can't help but agree with her - it is what it is. Acceptance. The Serenity Prayer...accept the things we cannot change and change the things we can...some of you know it better than me, but the meaning is certainly not lost. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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