{"id":13033,"date":"2023-11-20T09:33:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=13033"},"modified":"2023-11-26T22:06:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T04:06:51","slug":"escape-the-pit-of-despair-with-these-3-powerful-elevators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/escape-the-pit-of-despair-with-these-3-powerful-elevators\/","title":{"rendered":"Escape the pit of despair with these 3 powerful elevators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When despair sticks your heart in the mud, the best way out is an express elevator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The fastest elevator ride in my life was recently with my son, Jack, on the outside of the Comcast Center building in Philadelphia.<span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;\">   <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as we stepped on, the door shut and we shot off the ground like a clown in a circus cannon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>People turned to ants <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buildings turned to legos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Streetlights to toothpicks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Comcast_Philly-revised.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13053 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Comcast_Philly-revised.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Comcast_Philly-revised-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The sky shot reminds me of three express elevators beckoning all of us out of the pit of despair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-despair-elevator-1-perspective\">Despair elevator #1:  <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Perspective<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Not long ago, I was in a pit of despair over who knows what. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I shared those feelings with a good friend who said, &#8220;This is just a period when you will have to be patient.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the optimism in that response?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A period,&#8221; (it will end) &#8220;when you will have to be patient&#8221; (your maturity).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I left our lunch totally at peace with perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It will be temporary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maturity is capable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Surely, I am patient enough to see this through as I have the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-despair-elevator-2-friends\">Despair elevator #2:  <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Friends<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Good friends are like believing mirrors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They listen and reflect the possibilities for your future.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have your best interest at heart and enjoy your potential as you do theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;A friend is one before whom I may think out loud.&#8221;<\/strong>  Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Hemingway and Fitzgerald met often at Deux Magots in Paris to encourage each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and buddies met weekly at the &#8220;Eagle and Child&#8221; pub in Oxford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My church buddies and I gather at the Honor Bar in Dallas to reflect love and optimism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Friends-are-like-believing-mirrors-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Friends rescue from despair\" class=\"wp-image-13083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Friends-are-like-believing-mirrors-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Friends-are-like-believing-mirrors-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Friends-are-like-believing-mirrors-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Friends-are-like-believing-mirrors.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-despair-elevator-3-higher-power\">Despair elevator #3: <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> Higher power<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For a believing mirror, everything is possible and nothing is too good to be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My 5th grade Sunday School teacher was a believing mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Vaughn would say, &#8220;Whatever happens Steve, plant your feet on the goodness of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if it was the philosophy or the way she said my name, but I&#8217;ll never forget it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trusting God&#8217;s goodness every day is a powerful step out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/blow-out-of-your-hole-through-these-escape-hatches\/\">hole<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perspective, quality friends and faith in God are your express elevators out of despair every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are your favorites?<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When despair sticks your heart in the mud, the best way out is an express elevator. 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