Beauty through pain

It's so easy for someone with an autoimmune disease to fall into the never ending pain tailspin. Between the fibro-fog, morning stiffness, and extreme cold/heat sensitivity we are a huge ball of problems. Sometimes it's hard to see past the pain. Sometimes it's hard to ignore the migraine, the shooting pains in your joints, and just tape the smile to your face.  I read a quote the other day that I really liked. It made me think that maybe, just maybe, I wasn't in this alone. The quote said "Find the good and praise it". POSITIVITY. Spoonies in general have a hard time with looking on the sunnier side of situations, because most of the time, even the sunny side is still kinda shady. I guess constantly reminding ourselves what we are living for will always brighten our days. 

In the Bible Joseph was challenged tremendously. Many would say that his life was unfair today. But, we can learn a lot from him. He could have held a grudge and justified himself many times. Instead his reply was simple. “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." All in all, sometimes there is beauty in our suffering...