Sudden Changes

A good novel of suspense will be full of sudden changes, twists we call them.  They keep us on the edge of our seat.  But it is not just the novel that does this.  Life is full of unexpected twists.  

Saturday evening I listened to an excellent speaker.  On Sunday morning I had the opportunity to listen to the same speaker on a different topic.  He spoke off the cuff, sharing with us that the previous evening, after his speech, he spoke with his son on the phone.  This son is married with a couple of small children.  The speaker could tell something was wrong with his son.  The son finally admitted that they had just been to the doctor where they learned his young son, the speaker's grandson, had an incurable disease.  He was going blind and there was nothing they could do about it.

We felt of this man's anguish for his grandson and that child's parents.  Life changes on a dime.  But unlike in a book, these things affect us to the core.  They change the course of our lives.  They expose our true character.

Much as I like writing and reading novels, none of them will compare to the true life drama going on around us.  Not all of the sudden changes are bad, many are good.  The bottom line is that the only thing that doesn't change is that change is inevitable.  Life is all about how we respond to that or how we create positive or negative change in our lives and the lives of other.  How will you respond?