I spent some time with my girlfriend in Charleston this weekend and had an amazing time helping her do some shopping and just spending one-on-one time together. I must say it was probably one of the best weekends ever. While in Charleston, I received some reports of bad weather that was going to be heading in and was informed it may be in my best interest to head back home early. Obviously, no one wants a perfect weekend to end for any reason, but I decided it may be best to pack it up and come home soon. After carefully considering weather reports, I decided I would stay, but come home early this morning to beat the weather 
that looked like it would hit around noon. This morning I headed home trying to beat a storm that to this moment, 11:30 p.m., hasn’t really hit hard yet. I wonder where is this storm?
It is kind of funny how a report can change the course of a weekend. I mean, I guess I was going to be coming home soon anyway, but I left extra early to beat a storm that I didn’t have to really try to outrun. It didn’t come at that time. I wonder how many other courses in our lives we alter due to a circumstance we can see in the future that may not have ever happened in the first place.
Some people fight because they believe something is true that has not or will not happen. Some people end relationships based on a rumor. Some may marry thinking another means it when they say, “I do take you now and forever.” We never know what the future holds, but sometimes we act according to what we feel may happen. Is this the smartest thing? I tend to move a little slower. I want to believe that I do not know the answers and I need the time to step back and see what is true and what is not. We should all be careful not to race to a place based on reports of a storm. We need to prepare for the storm, but not alter our course because of it.
I have dealt with many storms in my life. Sometimes it seems I have faced enough to last a lifetime, and the rest of my days should play out with peace and joy filling my every moment. This will not be the case. All of our lives are filled with turmoil. We all face struggles in our every day lives that we need to be careful not to run from, but to face them head on. We need to allow them to shape us in to who we are. We should not fear the storm, but prepare for it. By doing so, we have beaten the storm. We may not have out raced it, but we beat it. Beat the storm. Don’t let it alter your course in life.
Whispers of Life 