BID in Setbacks through MOM

Zena Singh *

Keeping the good & discarding the unwanted is a natural trend in life’s many circumstances, situations and conditions. This shake-and-shrug off mostly brings on a positive and effective response.

In struggles and challenges many who often fail in the effort of traipsing above it, around or under it are left with nothing else but to go ‘through’ it; not the self- sacrificing-to gain-martyrdom type but more the ‘accepting’ kind.

Tramping along the long & winding pebbles of wise teachings that I have picked up and still picking, together with the descending mantle of discernment has sparked jolts of perception that leads me today to recount an occurrence once, that came with a revelation.

‘Power Outage’. Once to me a feature fairly common, which I had started to vouch to have faded into a ‘had been’ up until a sudden black-out ‘hic’.

Minutes stretched to hours and then into days bringing life to a grinding halt. Two thousand four hundred hours (or so) of no electric supply. The grouch in me awakened the snarl of irritability only a snap of a finger away.

I recognized the threatening signs and a quick willful re-arrangement of my attitude and perspective revealed that this condition, though depriving me of any sort of entertainment, put instead, on my platter, free for-no-reason-at-all meals by soft candle light; technology with its perks tucked away, I managed catch ups on all the missed out beauty sleeps; minus on-line chit-chats, scrolls or browses brought forth double creative pursuits which I had perhaps involuntarily snuffed to a numbness and left dormant.

Not willed or controlled by me, these ten ‘days nights’ turned into bestowed blessings. Life doles out things, unasked for drudges, however much it be out of sync with the regular.

The revelation : When you can’t go against it, sidle gently and receive the goodness that flows quietly alongside it – believe me, you WILL be enriched twice as much because the Creator often uses our Setbacks to work out a Comeback.

This is but one out of many instances that showcased God working in the midst of many of my setbacks. Immediate reactions to what we term setbacks do not often carry the best results.

The response of Being–requires a ‘stillness’ that reveals stepping stones to where we truly should be-and that’s where this

BID (Blessing in Disguise) in a Setback brought me with MOM (Mind Over Matter).