A farmer has to make choices about what crop he is going to plant and cultivate. He ploughs the fields. He fertilizes the ground. He plants the seed. He does everything that he can do to make sure that he has a healthy crop. Each and every day, there are things he has to do to bring his plans to fruition.

One thing that he cannot control is the weather. He has to find a way to cope with whatever the weather brings.

So it is with our own lives. We do all that we can to live a life that brings us the joy that a farmer feels when he sees his beautiful crop being harvested.

And we also have to find a way to cope with whatever the weather brings.

We can do this by choosing good friends and family who inspire and encourage us. We can seek out literature that is uplifting and life supportive.

These things are like fertilisers- they help us to grow and glow. They feed us.

Bookstores and websites are bursting at the seams with inspiring stories and beautiful writing. Keep searching for the 'food' you need.

Someone, somewhere, has written the exact words you need to read today. Trust that you will find it, or that it will find you.

Life is perfect. If it should have been different, it would have been...........