Best of Times, Worst of Times

Sometimes it seems that life just wears you down. No matter how hard you try, or what you do, nothing goes right. Its been said life is a test. A test of your physical, mental and emotional strength. And a test of your faith.

This may come as a surprise but I've learned something during this adventure of moving to a new state. Not knowing anyone, starting from ground zero.

When you are tested to your limits sometimes faith is all that keeps you going. Im not just talking about faith in God, but faith in yourself. What makes people pick themselves up and keep going?  I believe its faith.

If I can leave anything to my posterity it is this:

I have had successes, I have had failures. I have disappointed others, but no more so than I have disappointed myself.  But I can't conceive of quitting, of giving up, of uttering "I can't go on".

I believe in my children. Every one different, every one with a story all their own. And every one loved by me. Some have my laugh, Some my smile, most my contrary personality, but all faith in themselves.

I've seen you all get knocked down. Some by your own doing, some by life. I've cried for you, prayed for you and worried about you. But you have all kept faith in yourself and picked yourselves up and moved on to greater things. Education, marriage, family, career, serving others. No matter what the worst of times may be, as I look at the men and women my children have become... It is the Best of times