Issues
| Did you listen to the song? If so, let’s begin with something of an observation: you will never be successful at becoming the person you desire to be until you learn how to manage your issues. And make no mistake about it–we all have issues. We are all living with unanswered questions, unresolved insecurities and certain irreducible fears that live at the center of our lives and at times make us less than who we are. Now I know that we all have problems but the difference is this: problems happen to us but issues happen in us. Our issues are the experiences, questions, and longings that penetrate deep into the core of who we are; and even when our problems change, our issues remain the same because try as we might to deny it, all of our lives have been constructed around the |
And I wish I could tell you that one day all of your issues will be resolved, but nothing could be further from the truth. Even in the Bible, great men and women were constantly struggling with their issues, and a part of what made them great is the fact that they took the sadness of their inner conflicts and transformed what should have been something dark and full of dissonance into something remarkably melodious and beautiful.
None of us are perfect–but we can use the worst in us to make the best in us come alive. Sometimes before we can help–we must hurt. Your weaknesses keep you humble, they keep you grounded; and when you least expect it sometimes they even make you great. Anything that has the power to make you cry has hidden within it the power to make you reach for something greater than yourself and this is the essence of true greatness.
These are the issues of our lives; and each morning as we rise to face the coming of the day, knowing all the while that a reason to cry lurks beneath the surface of the smiles we bare…and yet we smile because it's good to be alive.
I like your explanation that problems are outside of us and that issues are within us. I think that because issues are inside that sometimes that makes it harder for us to reach in to pull them out and acknowledge them. Sometimes our issues are so deeply buried within that we really don't know that they are there. We may know that something's there, but we may not be conscious of exactly what it is. And sometimes learning to see the issues is the toughest part of all. But if we dare to take the journey, there's something in it, that begins to unlock our spirits and help us to become who we were meant to be. Thanks for your provocative reflections.
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