Wednesday, September 17, 2014

I Have to Confess... I've Sometimes Wondered, "When Is It My Turn?" Myself


I hear this question frequently in my encounters with people in need.  I hear it asked by people who don’t lack resources, but are still searching for something.  It is uttered by people across a spectrum of race, class, gender, age, education and physical condition.  It is almost universally a cry that humanity lifts even as those asking feel that they are the only ones who have to ask it.  “When is it my turn?”
  
I’m sharing some ponderings on this particular question today because I recently heard it asked by a close friend of mine who is struggling with their circumstances.  They have come to a place of deep sorrow, and are wanting more... NEEDING more than what they are able to scrape together to get by financially; and are feeling disconnected from friends and life and the person they once saw themselves as being.