Brenda's Journey

Brenda says--"You will probably never know how many times I touch my bracelet and remind myself to "trust my journey"...funny how some things become some sort of life-line. With all hubby and I have been through in the last six months, I've been floundering my way back to solid ground and truly believe I'm winning most days! Yesterday, however, I needed to touch my bracelet to re-enforce! I have a good friend (of some 25 years?) who has become more and more negative: she labours with exhaustion from weird work hours, stress over money (in particular with her spouse, who's views are 180 degress from hers), and the loss of several key animals over the last two years. I purchased a bling-encrusted blaze-orange helmet cover (ridiculously funny to me), complete with fleece neck/ear flap and donned it prior to riding yesterday. I wore it purposely to get a rise out of her and hopefully a few giggles. What I got instead was "don't really care - you're the one who looks stupid", in a miserable, mean fashion. I was shocked, to say the least. Today I'm struggling to up-right myself....my good intentions were hammered into the dust! I keep thinking - "don't sink - there's more than meets the eye and she is struggling and you knew it. There will be another way to lift her up...trust your journey" Guess some people just don't "do" silly..."