This turning point in human history – No matter how bleak, it will get better!

In difficult times it’s hard to find the right message, there’s a very thin line between being helpful and sympathetic and exploiting a situation.

There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and given three months to live. So she decided to put her affairs in order. Her Pastor paid her a visit to discuss certain aspects of the funeral and her final wishes. As the Pastor was preparing to leave, the woman grabbed his arm and gently brought him back to his seat. She cleared her throat and said “There is one more thing that I have just remembered, um it’s very important to me”. The Pastor gazed sympathetically at the pale woman’s face as he waited patiently for her request. “I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand”, she said.

The Pastor’s left eyebrow unintentionally rose with surprise. And replied, “Why would you want to be buried with a fork in in your hand?” A smile crossed the young woman’s mouth as she explained, “As a child, I always remember that when the dishes of the main meal were being cleared, my mum with a smile on her face would inevitably lean over and whisper in my ear, “Keep your fork”.

That was my favourite part because I knew that something better was coming, like a yummy dessert in some kind of form. So, when people pay their respects, as I lay in the casket, I want them to see me with a fork in my hand and I want them to wonder. “What’s with the fork?” The young woman continued, “As their puzzled faces gaze upon yours for an answer, I want you to tell them, “Keep your fork …. The best is yet to come”.

The Pastor’s eyes swelled with tears as he reached over for her hand and nodded. He raised from the chair, hugged the young woman and said goodbye.

He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death, but knew that the young woman had a better grasp on the hereafter, than many other people. She was cognisant that something better was coming.

The next time you reach for your fork, let it remind you that the best is yet to come in life no matter what negative experiences we’ve had or are currently going through. Being open to accepting new things, ideas and people into our lives creates an ever expanding capacity for joy and happiness.

We need to trust and have faith in ourselves and others and that this current situation that we humans find ourselves in, will quickly turnaround positively. When things are not going well in life sometimes we gather the motivation and energy to change them by becoming depressed, angry or choosing pain.

Sometimes it’s not easy to leave the old and embrace the new but it can be done without too much difficulty. If you start thinking of what you want, how you would like your life to be, you begin to easily attract the new to yourself. I have learned through hard experiences that the only power or control you have is over your own emotions and reactions.

The fact is that we never really know in which direction our life lies. Life sometimes unexpectedly unfolds in a way we didn’t expect it to. But the key is remaining optimistic in our expectations, dreams, desires and needs. We naturally have expectations and a want to be in control of our lives. While it is obvious from the panic buying and selfishness of the minority of humans, we can see that standards have dropped, however, we are living in the most exciting time since life began on this planet.

Now is the time that we need to reflect on our world and who we are becoming at this time in human history. Despite those seemingly perverse problems that confront us currently and emerging technologies, we are at a turning point in human history.

We are all more inter-connected than ever before in human history and we need friends because we can’t survive on our own. Those of you who disagree with me about needing friends, need to come to the realisation that you may be the centre of your universe in your own opinion, but that’s it. Stop thinking that the world revolves around you. Most people are focused on themselves and their priorities. So if you want to maintain a positive attitude then link into your friends.

With the world’s economy in disarray I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to others. Those people who have lost their livelihood, should not allow their own accomplishments to be ever devalued by some of those who are still fortunate to have a job.

So your life expectations have missed the mark. Who cares? It’s your rebirth, it’s what you do from now on moving forward. If you can be grateful for what you have, you will be a much happier person. Today, expect something good to happen to you, no matter what occurred yesterday.

You need to develop a direction in life in order to realise true happiness. You need to decide how much and what you want from life in order to feel fulfilled. Dealing with disappointment and how we change our lives to cope, needs to be given a lot of thought.

Don’t sweat what you can’t control.

Up to the beginning of this year, many people were just going through their daily life just coping and not living to its fullest and then suddenly a pandemic and its negative ramifications are thrust upon us, resulting in poor or negative expectations of belief. With some humans, this has resulted in an awakening where we start to realise that life is a journey of self-discovery and self-awareness and where we fit in the greater scheme of things.

And now with raised expectations we need to visualise life being better than what it is now and believe that human kind’s best days still lie ahead of us. To do that you must first believe that we will win and that we will get through whatever we are currently experiencing individually and together. You will get through this curve in the road, this temporary bump on your highway of life, somehow. It really doesn’t matter how we get out of it, what does matter is that we will get out of it together. “We shall not go quietly into the night…”

So many times in life we are faced with difficult situations which compel us to view life as if there was no way out and in those dark moments we tend to believe that this is all life will ever be.

This pandemic will pass and life will continue to bring with it new circumstances, challenges and opportunities to allow us to grow. Therefore the future must be envisaged with hope and joy and not with trepidation and bleakness. The future we create should involve our family and friends with whom we share our life and they should never be taken for granted. These people that we hold dear to our hearts, should be our focus, for it is to them that we turn to for solace in troubled times. Show your family and friends how much you care about them. Take the time now to call, text or send them an email expressing how much they mean to you. Your future is created by you, so remember to keep your fork – the best is yet to come.

Start laughing more, if you can’t think of something to laugh at right now :- The scene is set, the night is cold, the campfire is burning and the stars twinkle in the dark night sky…
Three hang-glider pilots, one from Australia, one from South Africa and the other from New Zealand, are sitting round a campfire near Ayers Rock, each embroiled with the bravado for which they are famous.
A night of tall tales begins….
Kiven, the kiwi says, “I must be the meanest, toughest heng glider dude there iz. Why, just the other day, jirre, I linded in a field and scared a crocodile thet got loose from the swamp, bro. Et ate sux men before I wrestled ut to the ground weth my bare hends end beat ut’s bliddy ‘ed un.
Jerry from South Africa typically can’t stand to be bettered. “Well you guys, I lended orfter a 200 mile flight on a tiny treck, ind a fifteen foot Namibian desert snike slid out from under a rock and made a move for me. I grebbed thet borsted with my bare hinds and tore it’s head orf ind sucked the poison down in one gulp. Ind I’m still here today”.
Barry the Aussie remained silent, slowly poking the fire with his penis.

In these strange and uncertain times, if businesses can come up with ideas to make our lives a little easier, when life returns to normal we won’t forget how they saved our sanity.

Be safe….and kind to each other.