My cell phone was stolen yesterday for the second time in nine months. Inside I was INFURIATED, ENRAGED, LIVID, and INSULTED to say the least! The freakin nerve of someone to come into MY office, go in MY desk drawer, and steal MY cell phone!!!! The fact that it was an IPhone is one thing BUT the disregard and disrespect for me as a compassionate, loving, and helpful human being is another! In the physical I was very calm and dismissive about the situation. It happened, life goes on is what I kept saying. I left work and sulked the whole night about that phone and even part of today. But then my mind got to going and I started thinking "Khadijah if someone was DESPERATE enough to still your cell phone than they must be worst off than you and NEED it. FORGIVE THEM!" FORGIVE- To grant free pardon and to give up all claim on account of an offence or debt....In most contexts, forgiveness is granted without any expectation of restorative justice. FORGIVENESS is the most HARDEST thing in the world for me to do. Not go back to school, not get a new job, not fight, not exercise, not diet, etc. The biggest battle I struggle with EVERYDAY is FORGIVENESS. I struggle with accepting that "things happen" and I should be okay with that because often times I'M NOT! But I have will power. Will power that will force me to believe that ultimately "things" do just happen. God makes them happen in that divine order to add purpose and meaning to the journey. But I will admit for a while there I was feeling a little down about the bumps I seem to encounter throughout MY journey. Then I looked at things on the bright side (because theres ALWAYS a bright side in my world) THINGS COULD BE MUCH WORST!!! I'm suffering the loss of a material possession when people are suffering greater losses such as family, homes, jobs, and their tranquility and piece of mind. I have blessing far more greater!