Life is wonderful and equally
terrifying. It can throw up all kinds of amazing opportunities and
revelations and sh*t storms. It can make you feel blessed to be alive
one minute, and then quaking in your boots the next. Of course it's
all part of the rich tapestry of life.
The blessing of having big scares is
that they force you to look at your life and your values, and I mean
REALLY look at what matters to you. Really evaluate what you love,
who you need, what matters to you, what you want to keep.
The pain of loss, the fear of potential
grief. It's a massive refresh for the system, a shock that reboots
you, strangely enough. It can also be a good thing for getting you to
course correct; to tweak aspects of your life slightly in order to
align closer with your values, and with the life you truly want. In
short; an event that messes with your head can be a blessing in
disguise.
Distance and perspective are such
essential parts of life for growth, yet we tend to overlook them by
just not being aware of them, because of how caught up we are in the
current drama. We often loathe what's happening to us when it's
causing us to feel negative emotions. Hence we resent the experience
rather than feel blessed by what it potentially could be teaching us.
Something I've learnt today from the
wonderful teacher and life coach Tony Robbins, after watching another
of his amazing seminars, is that those of us who have experienced
deep spiritual pain and learned tough lessons, are often better
equipped to channel that pain and learning into helping others. How
wonderful.
So basically: thank goodness for the
sh*t we went through! Thank goodness for pain! It makes us all the
more compassionate, empathetic and wise. It gives us a purpose and
allows us a creative well of experience to work from and use. We are
all able to connect through our collective pain and suffering and
life lessons, and come through it smiling and more connected to the
world.
So the next time you're “going
through it” remember to say to yourself 'I am blessed with my
problems, they'll make me stronger, more knowing and able to teach
others!' It sounds bizarre but it's true. Most success and drive and
passion comes from pain, from a desire to either move closer to
something or away from something. Let's use our pain for good rather
than for bitterness.
Much love always,
Karen xx
