“Your life is not a problem to be solved, but a gift to be opened.” — Wayne Muller
As you read these words in the above quote, you may feel completely at odds with that premise. You may be experiencing that your life in this moment, is something you really don’t recognize. Fundamentally, we create our own heaven or hell. The circumstances in your life can destroy you or make you stronger. In seeing what is to be learned from each experience, gives each of us a chance to grow and move forward with an attitude of acceptance. We each take our own individual journey and become our own “teacher,” when we become conscious. The Tao put it another way, “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.”
What we believe binds us. Yes . . . even enslaves us. Changing our beliefs can be life altering on every level. Having the courage to re-create something more desirable in life, takes an enormous conscious choice of will and presence. No one can do it for you. In the last analysis . . . you are responsible and accountable for the choices you’ve made, and ultimately seeing the circumstances of those choices as a gift making you stronger, or something quite different, less desirable and dark.
Begin now . . . mold your thoughts and feelings into the shape of those dreams, hopes, urgings that are a possible reality. Nothing can affect you, unless you give “it” permission. Steven Covey said it this way, “Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will effect us.”
Bringing a contradictory conscious thought into perception is always the challenge. We’re comfortable in a process that is familiar and non-threatening. Then where is the growth? Stagnation isen’t really a choice, it’s a death sentence for most of us who are becoming enlightened and know the difference. Albert Einstein addressed it another way, “Out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” You are the instrument of your own music. Create a symphony, unparalleled through your vision of the gift that you are. JLR