When I was young, there was a troubling issue in my midst. I ached due to that issue and wish it were different. I tried to make change to that situation to no avail. Looking back, I had little power over the event, and so the issue persisted. As with all challenges, I did gain good insight from that episode in life, insight that helped me navigate issues later on. No event, good or bad, is without good learning if you allow that to happen.
Recently an issue occurred that I wish were different. If I were in charge of the world, I would not create an issue such as this, but I'm not in charge of the world and the issue occurred. I wracked my brain trying to think of ways to make the issue go away and tried all kinds of strategies to no avail. The issue persisted. From time to time, I thought I was making some progress, but then like a stretched elastic, the issue would spring back to it's full impact. I have even thought about the lessons I can learn from the issue, and believe me, I've learned a lot so far, but still there appears to be no way to resolve the recurring issue.
As with the childhood issue, there will be a resolve someday. The childhood issue resolved itself in a somewhat positive way--there was some beauty in the end. As for this issue, I'm not quie sure how it will resolve, but I hope that there will be some beauty too.
In life, some troubling issues persist no matter what we do to try to remedy the challenge and struggle, and I guess we just have to live with those issues, but not let them take us down or rob us of the good living we strive for. We can keep trying to heed the lessons that exist and do our part to make better, but some struggles simply stay that way, and there doesn't seem that there is much we can do about it. Onward.