Y'all all know I recently lost my horse. What I didn't tell y'all was that my Dad was having lots of trouble. He would wake up in the morning, and his foot just wouldn't "work" right, but by the afternoon, he was okay. One morning, he went to scratch his nose and hit his ear. We were thinking it may be a stroke.
He went and got an MRI and ultrasound of the carotid artery. Artery was clear, but MRI showed a spot on the brain, so they made severe adjustments to his meds (bad diabetic), and are doing follow ups. Tech said it was great that Mom made him go in, cause this could have caused a horrible stroke.
Then Mom sent me an email yesterday with an attachment. She said she thought about Dad and Dusty (my horse). It gave me chills to the bone, thought y'all would really enjoy reading it, and it might apply to some of y'all...
"Two Travelling Angels"
Two traveling angels stopped to spend the
night in the home of a wealthy family.
The family was rude and refused
to let the angels stay in the
mansion's guest room.
Instead the angels were given
a space in the cold basement.
As they made their bedroom
the hard floor,
the older angel saw a
hole in the wall and repaired it.
When the younger angel asked why,
the older angel replied....
"Things aren't always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to rest
at the house of a very poor,
but very hospitable
farmer and his wife.
After sharing what little food they had,
the couple let the angels sleep
in their bed where they could
have a good nights' rest.
When the sun came up the next morning
the angels found the farmer
and his wife in tears.
Their only cow,
whose milk had been their
sole income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was infuriated and
asked the older angel
"how could you have let this happen!?
The first man had everything,
yet you helped him," she accused.
"The second family had so little, but
was willing to share everything, and you let
their cow die."
"Things aren't always what they seem,"
the older angel replied.
"When we stayed in the basement
of the mansion,
I noticed there was gold stored
in that hole in the wall.
Since the owner was
so obsessed with greed and unwilling
to share his good fortune,
I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it.
Then last night as we slept
in the farmers bed,
the angel of death came for his wife.
I gave her the cow instead.
"Things aren't always what they seem. "
Sometimes this is exactly
what happens when things
don't turn out the way you
think they should.
If you have faith,
you just need to trust that
every outcome is always
to your advantage.
You might not know it until some time later.
"Things aren't always what they seem."
He went and got an MRI and ultrasound of the carotid artery. Artery was clear, but MRI showed a spot on the brain, so they made severe adjustments to his meds (bad diabetic), and are doing follow ups. Tech said it was great that Mom made him go in, cause this could have caused a horrible stroke.
Then Mom sent me an email yesterday with an attachment. She said she thought about Dad and Dusty (my horse). It gave me chills to the bone, thought y'all would really enjoy reading it, and it might apply to some of y'all...
"Two Travelling Angels"
Two traveling angels stopped to spend the
night in the home of a wealthy family.
The family was rude and refused
to let the angels stay in the
mansion's guest room.
Instead the angels were given
a space in the cold basement.
As they made their bedroom
the hard floor,
the older angel saw a
hole in the wall and repaired it.
When the younger angel asked why,
the older angel replied....
"Things aren't always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to rest
at the house of a very poor,
but very hospitable
farmer and his wife.
After sharing what little food they had,
the couple let the angels sleep
in their bed where they could
have a good nights' rest.
When the sun came up the next morning
the angels found the farmer
and his wife in tears.
Their only cow,
whose milk had been their
sole income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was infuriated and
asked the older angel
"how could you have let this happen!?
The first man had everything,
yet you helped him," she accused.
"The second family had so little, but
was willing to share everything, and you let
their cow die."
"Things aren't always what they seem,"
the older angel replied.
"When we stayed in the basement
of the mansion,
I noticed there was gold stored
in that hole in the wall.
Since the owner was
so obsessed with greed and unwilling
to share his good fortune,
I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it.
Then last night as we slept
in the farmers bed,
the angel of death came for his wife.
I gave her the cow instead.
"Things aren't always what they seem. "
Sometimes this is exactly
what happens when things
don't turn out the way you
think they should.
If you have faith,
you just need to trust that
every outcome is always
to your advantage.
You might not know it until some time later.
"Things aren't always what they seem."
