THIS WAS WRITTEN IN APRIL 2012. I AM CLEANING OUT MY DRAFTS FOLDER AND EITHER PUBLISING OR DELETING SOME POSTS. Please forgive typos.
I DECIDED TO PUBLISH THIS ONE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WRITTEN LONG AGO. IT WAS FROM A TIME THAT I WAS IN A LOT PAIN, STILL FROM THE BREAK UP. I HAVE LEARNED A LOT SINCE THEN, AND I STILL BELIEVE IN APPROACHING PROBLEMS AS LESSONS AND OPPORTUNITIES. Please forgive typos.
“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”―
If pain is growth, if pain is where the light comes in, as Rumi says. Then, by all means, pain come in. You and all your friends: dramas, headaches, problems, etc
Come in, all at once, if you can. I want to grow a lot, and fast.
When you look at a problem, not as a problem, but as a lesson or a challenge, it is no longer a problem. From that moment on, it becomes an opportunity. Immediately, right from the start, the problem doesn’t own you, you own the problem. You are in control and at the driver’s seat.
I am learning to look at a situation from different points of view, but never as a victim. I choose to be a student ready to learn some specific lesson. How wonderful that I have been chosen to learn this lesson.
My only job here is to learn it. I am learning how to step back and access the situation, analyze it, inspect it and then choose how to handle it. Do I need to attack it or just let it be, and let nature take its course.
I no longer have to attack every situation head on. The Aries in me is learning to stop and let things happen. Let nature take its course knowing that the best outcome will be mine if I don’t react, but deal with things with a level head and peaceful heart.
It is not easy not to react, and because it is not easy, it makes it even more rewarding. I already knew in my heart that no matter what comes my way, I will always be okay. The more I learn the lessons, the more life gets better and better. I no longer think I am going to be okay, I know, in fact, that I am going to be more amazing and more blessed each day.
I now look forward to going to bed because I can’t wait for my tomorrow to start.
Blessed with a Star on the Forehead 