A Plan B Kind of Life

Last night, I went over to a friend's house to grill. Now, I use the term "grill" very loosely. For our girl's night, the grilling turned into oven baked chicken. However, we didn't care because the conversation was awesome and the food turned out great. There was a perfect mixture of old and new friends. In fact, I met someone new, and I had a great time getting to know her and listening to her talk about her life over the past few years. I was intrigued by her positive attitude even though life had thrown her a lot of changes. I started thinking about how no matter how much we plan, there are always unexpected events. We simply can't plan too far in advance.

We grow up dreaming. We have visions of the perfect life, surrounded by loving relationships and absent hardships. The problem is, this is not reality. We all know that life is far from perfect, and our plans often fall short. There are disappointments. We get hurt, loose faith, and struggle. And, this sucks. Sometimes this thing called life doesn't make sense.

But the good news is, we come out on the other side. Our plans are fulfilled in other ways. It's important that we don't lose hope because there is always a Plan B. There is always a reason as to why life is hard sometimes. We grow and learn. We appreciate people for who they are, and we continue to be the best we know how to be. We trust in our Plan B.