When I asked God for strength,
He gave me difficult situations to face.
When I asked God for brain and brawn,
He gave me puzzles in life to solve.
When I asked God for happiness,
He showed me some unhappy people.
When I asked God for wealth,
He showed me how to work hard.
When I asked God for favors,
He showed me opportunities to work hard.
When I asked God for peace,
He showed me how to help others.
God gave me nothing I wanted,
He gave me everything I needed.
~ Swami Vivekananda
Whether you see it immediately or not, everything serves a purpose. You can trust that eventually you’ll get what you ask for, it just may not come in the way you’d hoped or expected.
Patience, my friend. Hindsight is 20/20.