Nobody has it worse - just different!

I have spent far too much time through the years feeling guilty for finding my life hard or for whinging about my problems when - as we hear so often - there is always someone whose life is harder or whose problems are worse than mine. Well, I have recently come to realise that this is actually not true. The truth is that no-one has it worse (or better) than me, but everyone has it different. We are all given different challenges in life. Some of us have physical challenges, some emotional, some mental and some financial. Our challenges can be big or small, time-consuming, energy-consuming, life-threatening, life-limiting, they can be personal challenges or they can involve family members or friends but they all have one thing in common - for the person going through it each challenge is hard. I firmly believe that our Father in Heaven gives each of us only the challenges that we need to teach us the lessons we came to earth to learn - and He will never give us a challenge or trial that we cannot cope with - even if sometimes we may wonder where the strength He knows we have is hiding! So.... next time you look at someone else's life and think - I could never cope with his/her challenge you are probably right (that's why it theirs and not yours) - but remember that they probably look at your challenge and think exactly the same!
I hope that I have managed to explain myself well enough and haven't upset anyone, after all this is just my opinion, and I hope that maybe after reading this you might feel better about finding your particular challenge difficult and allow yourself to acknowledge that you are entitled to have the occasional whinge - and then pick yourself up and carry on doing the fantastic job I know you are doing!