My Memaw shared this post on Facebook and it hit my heart.

I just love the idea of people being transparent that life hurts and it’s messy. I don’t express this because I need sympathy, I express this because I know there are people who mistakingly pray for things in their life that I have in mine (or maybe not mine - maybe someone cool 😂)
The same as I see things in other people’s lives and want them for myself.

I love letting people know that yeah, I’m in an incredible marriage, expecting a perfect little girl, have a good full time job, successful small business, I’ve traveled, have an education, have amazing friends... But I argue needlessly with my husband, I’m scared about bringing an entire human into this world, I am exhausted from balancing both jobs, we’re still broke most of the time, I dont have time to give my friendships what they deserve, I’ve experienced way too many deaths the past year, I was in a bad car accident last June, had months of physical pain, covid canceled my dream wedding, and we really want (but can’t afford) a house!

But y’all... I am blessed. There’s plenty of days it’s hard for me to remember that. Days where I pity myself, I cry, I stress.

Every single time I have one of those days, I turn around to an answered prayer (& I STILL doubt God’s provision!!!) I whine and kick my feet in private and then I lie and tell people I feel so happy and blessed.

the truth is, if I had what you have, it would hurt me. If you had what I have, it would hurt you. It’s hard to understand that as humans, but God knows us better than we know ourselves and He is delicate about what He provides.
If I made as much money as my friend, I might be so ungrateful with it. Greedy, wasteful.
If my friend were to meet her husband tomorrow, she might not be ready and ruin the opportunity with her spouse.

What God has in store is better than what we have in store.

So let’s be content in our messy-fulfilling-difficult-amazing lives and stop making people feel like life should always have some cute filter on.

If I had what you have, it would hurt me.
If you had what I have, it would hurt you.