“Is It About Me?” Blog #81

Who is in my world today that is my “teacher”?

What am I suppose to be learning that is so important?

Where are these “lessons” that I am hearing about anyway?

When we are small children there is security in knowing the most important decisions that

are made for us is by an adult. When we become adults, life gets hard. There is no part

of life that does not hold a lesson to learn from. Some of us will question this immediately

saying, “why can’t I just live my life the way I want?” Well, we can, this is called “free will”.

I believe every person alive has free will to do as they please. Yet, it is in the “CHOICE” that

makes all the difference.

The Ladder of Life is a fascinating journey. Whether a person wants to or not, they are

caught up in the journey, one day at a time. For time waits for no one. It is in this journey

that we learn lessons that are so imperative to our spiritual growth here on

earth. People will meet total strangers sometimes in the strangest circumstance, and this

will change their life forever. One never knows how the “twisted hand of fate’ can change

a situation and a life in a permanent fashion.

I remember a long time ago when I was getting some counseling for anxiety and my

therapist said to me: “Your feelings toward other people are actually mirrors of yourself”.

The very first person I thought about was my father. “How could that be?”, I thought. He

was an alcoholic his whole life. My father was mean spirited toward our family. My father

never spent a sober day enjoying his children. How in the world could he be a mirror of

myself? What was I suppose to learn?

I struggled with drinking. Also I needed to learn about forgiveness toward him. Yet, it took

years for me to understand that there are many facets of the human personality. Just

because I did not like some parts of who he became, perhaps I needed to look much

deeper. Eventually, I found that my fathers drinking DID affect me tremendously.

Subconsciencely, I learned to drink a lot too. Later in life when I became a full fledged

adult, my nights were filled with lots of drinking. How could I judge this man, when I too

was doing the exact same thing? Not to mention the fact that in the Bible there is an

incident where a woman is brought to the town square to be stoned to death for adultery.

Jesus is there. Just before the scribes and people were to pick up stones and throw them

at this woman - Jesus said: “You who is without sin should cast the first stone”.

Every single one of the people in the crowd put down their stones and quietly walked

away. I feel my life is all about me when it comes to judgement, blame and forgiveness.

I have family members throughout my life that I have been very angry with. I have carried

judgements. I have felt anger. I have blamed. At the end of the day, there are powerful

lessons to be learned here for ME.

I must learn about forgiveness! I must learn about judgement, “Judge not, lest ye be

judged”. “Judgement is mine, saith the Lord”, and of course my favorite:, “There but for the

grace of God…..go I”

Every day, every where, every minute we have something to learn from life. Whether it is

from a family member, or a friend, or a situation that caused us to stop, turn around and

take in that moment. Whether we are single or married, or living alone or with other

people we must see the choice we have each day. Say in prayer; “Thank you Lord, for

helping me to be in this world, but not of this world”.

I treasure the moments when I am challenged. I thank God for the times when I am

struggling. I am always grateful for the lessons I learn in every day life because this is

where I experience soul growth! We stretch internally and find such great love and feel an

abundance of God’s light. I look now for the people that are in my life to show me a bright

light, a deeper awareness and a chance to grow spiritually with HIS truth. Think hard

today about a person or situation or event that is bothering you?. I Find a moment to go

deep inside the heart and pray.

Why do I FEEL this is happening to me? What can I learn from it? Where am I casting

blame? Can I try to remember the “Inner light of love” guiding me along? This will help

me grow internally quickly! So many years of insisting of doing things my way and never

knowing to pray, “Not my will today but THY will be done”.

So now, taking a deep breath, I sit back, fold my hands and pray. I know my life will work

out exactly as it is suppose to. I have let go of all judgement. I have let go of all blame. I

have let go of all anger, for this is the way it is suppose to be. Every person is on their own

journey. I can only work on me. It is all about me.

Can I find a moment today to learn all about me?

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