Our struggles can serve us…
An interesting thought from spiritual author and teacher Marrianne Williamson:
“In order to create their beautiful plumage, peacocks sometimes eat thorns. Hard, pointed, razor-like objects are processed in their abdomens and then contribute to feathers with colors and shapes unmatched throughout nature for their extraordinary beauty.”
She continued saying…”So it is with us. Often that which is the hardest to digest, to process, to integrate into our life experience is what ultimately transforms us in a positive way. We become who we are meant to be sometimes by having to eat some hard-edged, bitter thorns of human experience.”
Who among us hasn’t stumbled? We may have grieved the loss of a loved one and then come through the experience more appreciative of every day we have with those we love.
We lost at business and then looked back at the loss as the business education we obviously needed.
We may have failed at relationships, and then those failures propelled us to more deeply understand what relationships are for and how to master the art of loving.
Life certainly provides us with an abundance of opportunities to learn, to grow, to move forward. It’s up to us to recognize the opportunities inherent in our struggles and to let them refine our abilities to live a more fruitful and significant life.
A well-known affirmation from another spiritual teacher and author, Louise Hays, is something we can all incorporate into our thoughts, words, feelings, and behaviors:
“All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation, only good will come. I am safe.”
And so it is…