Gratitude…
I was talking with a friend about the ups and downs we face in this life. The challenges, good or bad, that stare at us right in the eyes when we’re working hard to achieve that dream. Some we overcome and some we don’t leaving us wondering what did we do wrong? Or was it that we didn’t try hard enough? Is it meant to be or not? A lot of questions that at some point shakes our beliefs system making doubt in ourselves the master in this parade.
It all comes to one thing I see clear now after our talk. Maybe we fail to recognize this at a younger age, that all what we’re going through is a part of a master plan God has planned for us. I guess our level of consciousness back then didn’t help in understanding how this universe works. But by the time we reach this high level of awareness everything makes sense.
The situations we go through don’t really have an impact on us.. It’s how we see them in the eyes of our minds and what feelings and thoughts do they generate. I’m a big believer that thoughts are the start point to every feeling we experience and to change the feelings we need to change our thoughts and to change the thoughts that’s another story I won’t discuss now. The reality is what it is. It’s how we see this reality that counts. Most importantly, are we happy with the reality we’re living in? Having gratitude to whatever happens to us is what makes us live in a peace of mind. Knowing that things wouldn’t be in any another way and that there’s a higher good that we may fail to see in the mean time is what makes life easier. Not to mention that some of the hardships we go through help in building our characters and they prepare us for the next phase in our lives which is a huge relief in my opinion.
I remember one of my instructors once said that every problem we come across bears a gift with it. Instead of focusing on the problem.. focus on the gift. When I started thinking that way.. It made me look at problems with an optimistic attitude.. eager to know what lesson or gift I’m going to learn this time. And take my word for it.. I always found that gift! :-)
Another thing I have learned is keeping a diary of every single good/productive/initiative thing I did during the day. Too bad I have stopped doing that years ago. But at the time of keeping this diary it helped me going and kept me motivated.
Be grateful to whatever life throws at you.. Do your best to follow your purpose in this life and if you fail, keep moving you’ll eventually find your true purpose in the process..
