It is common knowledge that excessive stress is harmful to one's health and can contribute to debilitating and life threatening conditions like stroke or heart disease. While I would be overjoyed to write a blog telling everyone that I have no stress, life is wonderful and could not be better, and the sun will shine and the birds will sing tomorrow, that would be a fabrication of a non-truth.
Unfortunately, it is sometimes those closest to us that precipitate the greatest amounts of stresses in our lives. As the father of three adult children and a fourth nearly a chronological adult, what has probably been apparent to my mother for more than fifty years is now obvious to me as well. Even though our children are supposedly mature in age, we are never able to stop being the parent. In fact, they still look to you to fulfill that parental role.
This is true even as they strive to make lives of their own as adults. A parent hopes that their children will grow up and set childish things aside. One hopes that eventually adult children will grow to act civilly toward each other and at least carry on a conversation free of accusations and blame. Maybe someday that will be true but currently, that does not seem to be the case. Sure there are bright and shining moments when I am able to see a glimpse of the calm serenity which I would hope everyone enjoys.
Having said all of that, I am looking forward to Sunday as a day of less stress, more rest and peaceful calm. Tomorrow, I will arise with such expectations and look forward to being thankful for "the day of the Lord".
~ DB Turnmire
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