Our tests and challenges

Do you ever wonder why it seems just when you think you are making progress in a particular area in your life that "life happens" and you feel like you are back at square 1. If this is you, welcome to the human race. There is a thought that goes like this - when we think we are moving forward, we may not be moving at all. When we think we are going backwards - when we have stopped to consider the issues, once again - we are really moving forward. When we are open to learning what it is that needs clarifying, we are growing. Maybe it is a stuck relationship, or an old thought pattern that no longer serves you - like, "I'm not good enough" - whatever it is that has created some angst or stress in your life, it is an opportunity for growth. Like is often said, it isn't what happens to you, it is how you handle it, that matters.

Life has a way of presenting us with scenarios - sometimes small, sometimes big - that make us consider what the lesson is 'this time". Is it trust? is it faith? Or is it some aspect of your own behaviour like - humility, compassion, anger, or resentment. We can either go through life blindly and stumbling on the pebbles that get in the way - or be open to see what is in front of us, that just needs to be "looked at" and dealt with honestly. What I know to be true is that tests and challenges are gems to be mined - to be looked at with honestly and gratitude, in order for us to be the best version of ourselves that we can be.