{"id":1446,"date":"2015-09-21T22:50:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T02:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2015-09-21T23:02:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T03:02:00","slug":"let-nostalgia-work-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/?p=1446","title":{"rendered":"Let Nostalgia Work for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is another post about a strategy for dealing with loneliness. It’s tied in with being grateful and enjoying the moment.<\/p>\n

I was walking around my lake yesterday morning.<\/p>\n

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And I began to imagine what my life will be like if I do find a wonderful man and marry him. The fact is, I know if that happens, no matter how wonderful the man, there will be things about my life now that I will miss.<\/p>\n

And isn’t that true about all the past stages of your life? It is for me. There’s something<\/em> I miss about every one. Even the most horrible time in my life when my ex-husband was in the process of leaving me — my girlfriends really rallied round and supported me, and I felt very loved. I had daily quiet times without fail and with a sense of desperation, and I also felt loved and cared for by God.<\/p>\n

Of course, other stages are much easier to be nostalgic about — when my kids were young and we’d climb the mountain behind our house after dinner most days, for example. Visiting castles in Germany. Being a young carefree college student. Even when I was recovering from my stroke, I had something to focus on other than my divorce. And received wonderful loving care.<\/p>\n

Funny how no matter how many difficulties — there are still things to be nostalgic about.<\/p>\n

So one way to practice gratitude is think — What about today will I be nostalgic about in five years?<\/p>\n

And then ENJOY<\/strong> it!<\/p>\n

I do not believe a person should ever ever ever pray for patience. Instead, you should pray to ENJOY the time God is giving you right now.<\/p>\n

I admit, there are times I wish God would hurry up if He’s going to bring a wonderful man into my life. But I want to make the most of this time.<\/p>\n

After all, I know I’ll be nostalgic about it some day.<\/p>\n

Might as well dance.<\/p>\n

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