A good friend of mine gave me an awesome affirmation to repeat to myself a few months ago when my life was a bit on the rocks. "I don't know how it happened, but everything worked out perfectly." I repeated this to myself over and over for weeks. The situation I was in did not work out the way I wanted, despite my eager attempts at manifesting things to be the way I wanted them. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty pissed off at the universe and at God. Why can't things ever work out how I want?! Many different religions and spiritual practices teach that all you have to do is ask, and you shall receive. So what... am I asking the wrong way or something?
Well as it turns out, what I had wanted so badly, actually wasn't so great. It took time and a lot of tears, but then when it was finally offered to me I realized it wasn't for me. How grateful I am that there is something much more wise than I looking out for me. I learned a great deal from the whole situation. It was painful and sad, but the payoff was so worth it. Sometimes the trials and lessons in life that we are given seem like barriers and destructive forces trying to do us in. But if we have patience and keep on keeping on, the dawn always comes.
Buddha has a great quote that I have been thinking on for a while- "In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you."
Another friend recently told me that life is all about attitude. I agree with that. Sometimes the only way for us to even see that a change is needed is through divine intervention. I feel such gratitude for continually being taught hard life lessons, as they are a gift for growth. Letting go of things not meant for me is a tough one, but one that seems to get easier and easier.
I'll keep my first friends affirmation, but I'm adding this to it- "God's will be done."
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