Why do some refer to life as a gift?

Seems like life is only a gift if you are rich, have a great family, perfect health etc.

What I see is people who are struggling, whether it be financially, mentally, physically etc
People are stressed, overworked and overwhelmed.

What's the "gift" in that?

I know someone is going to say, " but you are alive!".

My response: What's the point if every day is full of stress, and problems?

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4meAndyou · F

I think we have a choice in how we respond to what God has given us.

Imagine nothingness. Blackness. Complete lack of awareness. Complete lack of "being there".

And then suddenly light explodes into your new world...you are given eyes to see beauty...a nose to smell bread baking, and rose petals and the rain...ears to hear the songs of birds and the roar of the ocean, the keening of the wind...you are given a voice so that you can sing and praise God and tell others your wonderful truths...you are given hands so that you may work, and create, and take care of other people...feet so that you can run in the green grass. You might be given love...love for a man...love for other people, love for God...which explodes at times into the light of life...and you might be given a child...whom you love more than your OWN life.

THAT is the gift.

Along the way, because we live in a savage world, among people who are also sometimes savage, we might be given lessons by God...lessons that will mold us and shape us and create from the clay that we ARE...a more refined beauty. A MATURE beauty of the soul.

We can CHOOSE how we respond to those lessons...we can GROW from them...and become more beautiful...or we can shrivel up and become bitter and stunted and refuse to become MORE...held back by our own negative attitudes.

BizSuitStacy · M

@4meAndyou beautiful ❤️