The horizon was dishing out silver linings like Facebook reminders yesterday morning. They were so impressive I was compelled to dig my phone out of my pocket and take a picture – the world was waking up, a new day dawning and silver linings were abundant. In that moment of appreciation it occurred to me that silver linings always appear on the backs of dark clouds – they shine like hope and possibilities. They seem to say if we can weather the storm better times are on their way.
I’m a fan of silver linings, of looking on the bright side of things. I’m a glass half full kind of girl, or at least I’d like to think I am, I like those types of people. That’s not to say I run around professing everything happens for a reason or predicting everything will work out fine – sometimes it doesn’t. I think there are lessons to learn from most situations and some of them are really hard lessons. Hopefully when we weather one of those big storms we come out the other side changed but stronger – perhaps that new strength is the silver lining and maybe that change is growth.