Every once in a while I come across a quote that stops me in my tracks and demands to be read, considered and reread. Consumed, savored and saved as if to make it a part of me.This one found me in the fall of 2007 just around this time of year. You might remember an Old Netflix show called Call The Midwife. It is a very well done series (highly recommend!) based on the first book in a trilogy by Jennifer Worth titled, “Call the Midwife - A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times” set in post WWII London, which is where I first encountered these life changing heartfelt words:
“We can decide to be happy.
Make much out of little.
Embrace the warmth of our ordinary days.
Life unfolds as a mystery, an enterprise who’s outcome cannot be foretold.
We do not get what we expect.
We stumble on cracks, are faced with imperfection.
Bonds are tested, and tightened.
And our landscapes shift, in sunshine and in shade.
There is light.
There is. Look for it.
Look for it shining over your shoulder, on the past.
It was light where you went once.
It is light where you are now.
It will be light, where you will go again.”
-Jennifer Worth
I remember just being stunned by the concept. We can choose to look for the light in life. We can accept what comes and and still find the light behind, within, and ahead of it. I wrote it down immediately and have always come back to it.
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