Life Lessons are something we all experience. Some we label as “good” and some we label as “bad.” To really learn the lesson we must take a step back from the situation and look at the problem with new eyes.
Not to judge the situation so we can make ourselves feel bad for even being in that situation, but to look at it and instead of saying “why me” which is always a victim question; to say, “What is this experience trying to teach me?” That question helps us discover the life lesson we are supposed to be learning.
Time has a way of revealing certain things to us; as time goes by we can look back on our lives and see the many life lessons we’ve learned. However, wouldn’t it be great and probably more helpful, if we could learn the life lessons as we are in the midst of those challenges. The reason we want to learn them now, rather than later, is so we can stop repeating them.
This past weekend, I was chasing my cat and slipped and fell in my kitchen hitting the granite countertop and cabinet pretty hard with my right shoulder. I ended up in the emergency room and now have a sling on my right arm. What’s interesting to me is that I keep re-injuring this part of my body.
Being in a lot of pain always makes one Read More…