Even though there are many predictable patterns to a lot of life, you never fully know what all the unexpecteds of it will actually be.
Invariably, there are huge disappointments and all kinds of pain. (I don't really want to rush past this either, because we too often do...).
But, there are also amazing twists and turns of grace and wonder. And, one doesn't cancel the other.
One small (perhaps) example. I noticed the other day that it is something on the order of comforting for me to step out on my back deck for my daily pre-dawn walk and look up to see the Orion star constellation there waiting for me. I know the attribution of "waiting for me" sounds a little self-interested. But, whatever the more correct version may be, it does something for my relationship with the world over which it presides.
The irony here, for me, is that while it has been there the whole time, it took me doing something to notice it.
A lot of nature is like this, indifferent to any particular noticing I would do; just going on its merry way. Sometimes, it feels like it smiles when I join in (but I'm not always sure that isn't just something I'm hoping for).
Stay open to such possibilities so that you don’t miss them, for they surely will occur. Life (God) will provide you with some substantial gifts, like grace and wonder. So, keep yourself in a position to recognize them…if not receive them.
