Chin up now, Pip Pip

In the midst of my day yesterday I decided to take a little break to watch some Disney short videos that were newly released on Netflix. Some of them I had already seen, so I happily re-watched them and colored in my coloring book {it's very therapeutic}.
After a little while "The Ballard of Nessie" played, being narrated by the amazing voice of Billy Connolly {his Scottish accent is so dreamy}.

The story is about a creature that lived a perfectly content life in a small pond of water with her ducky friend, McQuack. We follow Nessie along her journey of finding a home amidst all of the ups and downs of life, seeing her cusp of tears when she runs into dead-ends ... At every turn her animal friends tell her to keep a stiff upper lip and not cry, to hold it back and be strong to 'chin up now, pip pip'.

Billy Connolly's thick Scottish accent pulled me in when he said, "Nessie finally pooped out, she'd reached the end of her rope. Where do you go when theres not more hope? She stifled a whimper and a lump in her throat; chin up now, pip pip, she recited ... What began as a trickle soon turned to a shower. Nessie cried and she cried, she cried by the hour ..."

When Nessie finally cried her last tear and looked up around her and realized her tears had made a loch ness, to which she jumped for joy, for she had finally found her home.

The story finishes off by saying "Nessie learned herself a lesson that bright and happy day, and it bears worth repeatin' no matter what folks may say: Don'ner be afraid to cry, it really is okay. Sometimes it's through our tears we find a better way."

{ link to video - http://dai.ly/xocp2a }

Sometimes life doesn't work out the way we think or the way we want or its just plain tough -- I get it, I've been there. And sometimes tears are the only way we know how to process, so let it out. Find a quiet place, jump in the hot shower, whatever you need to do to find a safe place and let it out. It's okay ... because sometimes it's through our tears we find a better way.

And I'll let you in on a secret. For me, Jesus is always there. In fact, He is sitting right beside you as you cry, wrapping his arms around you.

"In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation." 1 Peter 5:10