We have for the past couple of days been exploring what we would do when disaster or unforeseen events happen in our lives. Did you stop and think for even a moment what you would do if this happened to you? I grew up in Japan and the ground was always shaking beneath my feet. I got used to it. I became a human earthquake scale and I knew when it shook a certain way, or for a certain amount of time, or it certain things around me began to move in a certain way that I either could ignore it and go back to sleep or I should sit up, assess the situation, call out for my parents and then run from the house. So when I moved to California as an adult, I put these skills into motion once again when the ground shook underneath me. I was "programmed" you might say. I had an previous experience and a plan of how to act, what to do, where to go and what to say.
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Last time I told you about my friend who had just experienced a devastating turn of events in her life.
Now let's get back to my friend who is in a situation she never dreamed would happen to her or to her family. Let's say for this blog post that my friend's spouse has lost his job and she has been cut down to part time. They have just had their home foreclosed on and although she does have family in the area, she can only park her belongings in their garage and back storage shed and part her car in their driveway every night. They are in no better shape than her family, but at least they both still have employment. My friend and her family sleep on the family room floor of her sister's home every night and feel very discouraged and ashamed at their current situation.
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Today, I got some news through a third party about someone that I know who is going through a rough patch in her life. I wanted to let this woman know that I am thinking about her when she reads this blog. This woman could be you at this very moment. You see when life has a way of happening, it is not specific about who it impacts or where you are in the world or what is going on in your own little world. There are bigger forces at work. It is my belief that just like you, she can read this and not respond to me. So let me help her and perhaps help or at least enlighten you also.
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