I caught a Call the Midwife episode by myself tonight.  Just a little respite.  The closing lines of the sisters' spoke to me as we dodge and adjust to all life brings.  Some things welcome, some not.  All somehow working for good.  Always. 

"Prayers aren’t always answered the way we hope, but…".

"…they are generally answered.  And the answer He gave me was this: When things change we have to find a different way.   Now…. I am reminded of the need to keep learning.   Nothing stays the same. We don’t stay the same ourselves. And… all the time the world keeps on spinning.

Faster."

I'm not sure why the lessons of middle age come as a surprise.  Perhaps our younger selves so bent on "figuring it all out" assumed a day was coming when that process would be complete.  We would learn what was needed and spend the rest of our years in a lather-rinse-repeat cycle of semi-expertise.  

That is certainly not the case. Each season brings its own lessons, its own opportunities if we can recognize them as such.  

May we make the most of them.