developing

Life is like photography; you develop from the negatives. – Unknown

I've just been noticing that the events in our life that change us the most tend to be negative. Why don't we learn from the positive things?

For instance, my spirituality has developed with my MS and with the death of my mother. Would I have searched for God without needing help to get through difficult times?

When my niece was born, I learned a new kind of love. Watching my sister taught me what “falling in love with your child” means. So I guess positive things reinforce the already positive things in our lives. We pay more attention to the changes that come from negative experiences because we are trying to improve those situations. When we are sailing through life happily, we don't think about how to improve or change. We just enjoy being happy.

So I wish that each of us develop from the negatives but also stop for moments here and there to appreciate the positives.