I have been put in my place by many people many times and mostly I do not find fault with their thinking, I just take another look at my self and try to discover how others are seeing me. None of us walk on water yet except for those living in the frozen tundra. I was really corrected the other night at a board meeting when I mentioned the word �failure�. That word has now been replaced by �delayed success�. And then to be referred to as pompous really teed me off. Ok so I may be out of touch with today�s world and I will freely admit that I am from the old school where right was right and wrong was wrong. Where no one was just a little pregnant where you tried to help your neighbor and we didn�t lock our doors.
Life is about growth, which is wonderful, though not always easy. Indeed, many of life's lessons can be painful or difficult. Yet, such challenges are often the ones that present the most opportunity for growth. Initiations for growth come in many forms. In fact, we can view every challenge in life as an opportunity to learn and grow. While these disruptions in life are not easy, they are necessary.
The challenges the universe sends us can seem unbearable at times: a job we don't want to spend another day at, a broken heart that feels as if it will never heal, or a long and painful illness. And then, there are the challenges that can be just as scary because we are being called to step up to the plate in ways that we may think we are not yet ready for: overcoming our fears in order to realize a lifelong dream, leaving behind a situation or people in our life that we may have outgrown, giving up smoking or moving across the world for our dream job or life partner.
At such times, it can feel as if the world is testing us and that life is asking more of us than we think we can give. We may feel uncomfortable, frightened, and unsure of what to do. However, life isn't so much going against us as it is encouraging us to grow. During these periods, we can grow stronger by putting one foot in front of the other, as we work through our challenges. We may be asked to let go of old safety measures, shift old patterns of behavior, or step into the abyss of the unknown. When we do rise to the occasion, we end up better off for having made that jour
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