There's Nothing Like Being Stuck in the Toilet to Sink Your Self Esteem

There are probably many times when things go wrong and a lack of self esteem creeps in. Sometimes the problem can be so severe that you have your doubts about God being by our side helping us through the turmoil’s in life. God however does carry us through and we always come out the other end being the stronger for it.

I am about to introduce literally some toilet humour into this writing. It’s not intended to offend so please turn away now if this is not your thing.

I was using a public convenience the other day and it reminded me of a time some while ago when I was caught out. Now I know this will resonate with more than a few of you when I say that I was desperate to use the toilet on this particular occasion and rushed into a public convenience. After doing my business I went for the toilet paper. None there!!!

What do you do?

Well some of the alternatives would be:-

Search to see how much tissue you have in your pockets.
Wait until there is nobody about and then dart into another cubicle with your trousers around your ankles.
Call for help to see if somebody can get you some paper from another cubicle or an attendant.
Wait until you get home.

I’m sure there are hundreds of answers to this problem. In my case I did have enough tissue in my pockets to get me out of the mire. At times like this, panic could easily set in and we could end up wondering where the help is at this particular moment. But the truth is, answers are given, we do get ourselves out of sticky situations and two days later we are laughing about these with our friends.

As with all awkward and difficult situations there are lessons to be learned. There is no doubt that I will use public conveniences again in the future but the lesson that I have learned; CHECK TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY PAPER FIRST.

This is a light hearted look at problems. But so many problems in life are far more serious than this. Our self confidence, inspiration, optimism and hope can be knocked for six and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. At first, there is desperation; absolutely hating to be in this dark, horrible place, wanting more than anything to get out of this tunnel. But after a while you start treading carefully, feeling your way along the walls. Occasionally we may stumble over a bolder but our self confidence starts to grow now. The darkness seems to be more bearable as our eyes get accustomed to it and we can even make out some silhouettes of obstacles in our way.

God is on this journey with us, guiding us and holding our hand. Eventually he shows us the light, his light at the end of this particular tunnel.

And we have learned from this experience, so that we are not so afraid to take another trip along this tunnel, but we are wiser now, we recognise the barriers along the way and we can get to the end a lot faster.

If we believe in God, we never walk alone. We have hope in our hearts which creates optimism and motivation, inspiration and self confidence and the ability to overcome the most dire of circumstances.
How fantastic is that?

Terry Norrington

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