Things
are not going your way as frustration grows……it is met with a fight to gain
clarity. What’s the reason? Well, life has a way of forcing us to pay attention
and think and the only way to get your attention is to throw some challenges in
your direction. We don’t realize during the fury of these challenges that we
are actually being brought to a conclusive state of peace and resolve. Gathering
this much needed lesson will only define that understanding. So stop asking……What
did I do to deserve this? Be thankful
that you have been chosen to go through something. It’s often said that “You
have to go through something to get through something.” Most of us will still
question it all because we have this false sense of entitlement and believe we
should just receive without any friction, any hardships or challenges. In no
way does life work that way. We should all be the recipients of blessings but
don’t get consumed into believing that there’s guarantees set aside for you. There’s
one thing that most of us refuse to accept and that’s where we become our
biggest detractors to ourselves by not ……….being honest with ourselves.
Being honest
requires becoming vulnerable from within and not being self-biased. One must
build the courage to face your choices and decisions head on so are you willing
to man up? That inner-reflection will only bring forth a truth that you need
for your overall clarity which is exactly what you need to move forward. By us
dissecting ourselves it makes us accountable. We are achieving balance that
most want but refuse to take the necessary steps to attain it. This will eradicate
the negative stance of just pointing fingers and blaming someone else for the
position that we currently stand in. It will always be easy to do that instead
of working on being bigger and better in our holistic approaches. How can we
live without having integrity to ourselves? We can’t. Again,
it’s about accepting the ramifications of what we felt at one time was the
right decision and choice. All of us
should constantly be under construction by working to be better and more. By
making the necessary strides to improve our circumstances we must first
identify with what is versus what should be.
I want
to leave you with a few thoughts ………
Are we
working to maximize our potential as a person, friend, relative, parent or
spouse? Have you learned from your past without becoming a prisoner of the
past? Do you accomplish your goals you set and not start something that you
never finish? Do you have expectations of others that you don’t have for
yourself? In answering those questions,
you have to be honest. Don’t waste time chasing your tail by failing to look in
that mirror because you fear facing YOUR truth. Nothing will change if you’re
not willing to change your perspective!