"your relationship is not supposed to be perfect all the time, your business is not supposed to do well all the time, your soufflés are not supposed to raise perfectly all the time. everything is designed to go wrong so that you can gain the skills of rediscovering your tracks, even in difficult or frightening circumstances. especially in difficult and frightening circumstances.
~martha beck~
Damn... I love Martha Beck! Great to read this today...as I feel like everything is totally out of sorts...
ReplyDeletewell she's right but there's still the glass half full side too .. sometimes its better to focus on the things/times when things do work out .. personally, that's my preference
ReplyDeletean interesting perspective.
ReplyDeleteI have not heard this quote before, but it is definitely so true! How amazing that martha beck would put words to these thoughts.
ReplyDeleteyes, it's so true. i've been thinking about this sort of thing a lot lately, happy is good, but sad is also part of life, as well as anything in between... we learn from it all.
ReplyDeletelove the photo!
This is so very true.
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ReplyDeleteand oh, to be able to rediscover...
Beth, this is one of the most beautiful, eloquent, and down right inspiring quotes I have ever read. Thank you
ReplyDeleteeverything is designed to go wrong so we can learn and become better people
ReplyDeletethanks for the post
Holy cow. This just shot like lightning into my new journey here...wow, Beth. Beautiful, thanks for this. Best to you, kath
ReplyDeletebeautiful shot with a beautiful quote....
ReplyDeletebut things should go right at least some of the time, I feel.... however....not feeling it at this time; maybe there is a season of things going wrong so there will be a season of things going right: that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!
You image is very beautiful and the sentiment matches perfectly with the droopy flower. Hope you're okay tho!
ReplyDeleteThis is a good one. I love Martha Beck!
ReplyDeleteHugs and tons of love, Brave and Beautiful One !
ReplyDeleteMakes sense to me in a make lemonade out of lemons way:)
ReplyDeleteThis is so true - how else can our eyes be opened? How could we continue to grow?
ReplyDeleteI love this saying ... because it is from our mistakes that we learn to be stronger and better. Life would be so boring if it were perfect all the time.
ReplyDeletevery. much. like.
ReplyDeletethanks:)
-Jennifer
Thank you for the beautiful reminder.
ReplyDeleteXOXO
I'm thinking of you, sweet friend. Thinking and praying.
ReplyDeleteSo true
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