{"id":875,"date":"2022-12-18T15:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T15:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=875"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:39:16","slug":"we-cannot-direct-the-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=875","title":{"rendered":"We Cannot Direct the Winds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adjusting-Our-Sails-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adjusting-Our-Sails-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adjusting-Our-Sails-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Adjusting-Our-Sails-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">It took me a long time to puzzle out the meaning of this quote.&nbsp; It came to me at a time when I needed a piece of wisdom to guide my life and help me make sense of what was happening.&nbsp; As a family, we were going through a very difficult time.&nbsp; My son was at the Alberta Children\u2019s Hospital, attending the Dr. Gordon Townsend School in order to deal with his mental health challenges.&nbsp; He was just a little boy at that time \u2013 seven years old seemed so young to have to struggle through such things.&nbsp; But as we battled through this alongside him, I came to the realization that although we couldn\u2019t change what was happening in Nate\u2019s inner world, we could adjust our response to it.&nbsp; In so doing, we could help to direct his development and healing.&nbsp; I believe many things in life can be explained by this quote.&nbsp; There are so many things that are out of our control\u2026yet we can adjust our responses, and in the end, this can help us to reach calm waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-black-color has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\">\n<strong>We Cannot Direct the Winds<\/strong>\n-By Krista Longeway\n\nAs I sail the waters of life, I know\nWe cannot direct all the winds that blow\nAlthough at times the sky is clear and bright \nAt other times the clouds are dark as night\nYet even as the wild wind gusts and wails\nWe can still carefully adjust our sails\nAnd then sail a straight course towards the sun\nReaching calm waters when the day is done\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took me a long time to puzzle out the meaning of this quote.&nbsp; It came to me at a time when I needed a piece of wisdom to guide my life and help me make sense of what was happening.&nbsp; As a family, we were going through a very difficult time.&nbsp; My son was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope","category-uncategorized","category-quiet-reflection","category-the-sea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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