ALTURA 14

I was 7 and I remember playing with porcelain black horse that my mom had as an ornament (or a piece of décor if you like) at the center table in our living room. She actually had two. She loved those horses, they were her main artefacts targeting making the house look pretty. Well, as you probably anticipate (LOL) somebody broke one of the legs of horse number one (not me, for real, certainly one of my brothers). She tried to glue it together again but, that was a chip that was never found, anyways,  mom was really sad.  Every time we looked at that horse,  the missing chipped piece was first thing to catch our attention. At the time it was a reminder to me that I shouldn’t play with ornaments, they had a different purpose, and I could hurt mom’s feelings if I would break another one (It could hurt in my as well, as we are talking about the 90’s when kids were still spanked, a lot). Today 31 years later it makes me think about 2020. I didn’t break 2020 either, I promise it wasn’t me, but there is one thing that I am certain about, every time I’ll look back at it, the broken parts will be the ones that will call my attention. There are 3 chipped pieces of 2020 that are great reminders for me:

• I can’t control everything.

That is sad, honestly, I am a control freak, I want to be in control of everything, to make sure I manage all the outcomes,  but it doesn’t work that way. That is humbling, the fact that I am subjected to circumstances that are completely out of control is hard, but also freeing. As I can’t control it, I need to rely on The One that does have control over everything, and He is loving, caring, personal, the creator of the universe.

• I can control how I react.

Pandemic brought chaos to my universe, like to many other people of course. I had to move physically from a state to another, I am still in a temporary spot, but you know what, I can still control the way that I react to it, big challenges have surrounded all of us, but we have the possibility of approaching it with hope and faith in the One that holds the whole thing. 

• I wouldn’t be here If I was alone

I am so thankful for the people that the Lord has put on my life, specially my family. 2020 brings a great reminder that, we are made for relationships, there is no way we can thrive by ourselves, we need people around us.

These 3 chipped pieces will permeate my journey through this new year. What are going to be your reminders?