Opportunities And Expectations

When you experience hurdles in your life, are you the type of person that feels and carries the weight of those obstacles with you for a long period of time?  Or are you the type of person that looks at the experience with an open mind and sees the opportunity for the experience to teach you something?  The philosophies behind the answers to these questions brings up two very different types of thinking with one of them leading you down a path towards more immediate growth.  Time is of the essence for everyone as we all know that we have less of it than we would like to.  Therefore given the opportunity to absorb and grow more readily should be the optimal path for the majority of people.  I do find it fascinating when I see the people around me that chose the other different path that can sometimes appear to filled with martyrdom or the victim type of mentality.  We all learn from everything that we live through and in particular are those instances where we find our backs pressed against a wall.  We may not see the solution imminently at times, however, with some quiet down time along with meditation or prayer, the answers soon begin to reveal themselves.  In many of those instances the answers are not the one's we wanted because we look at our circumstance with a particular bias, in that we want the solution to simply be about us.  We forget that in many cases our life solutions not only teach us something about ourselves, they are also part of a process that teaches others around us as well.  I think about this when I hear about a difficult circumstance that someone I know is undergoing or perhaps I have a conversation with someone and upon revealing the difficulty of a particular person they ask for my good thoughts and prayers.  These affected individuals may never meet the people that prayed or thought about them, however, they made an impact in their lives.  Therefore when you think about what you want for your life or if you are facing a particular dilemma, remember that when you speak the truth of that situation to yourself and others, there is a cosmic energy that is set in motion to bring about resolution.  What you need will come to you, it just not may be as immediate or in the type of manner that you imagined.  I also think it behooves everyone to be very specific in what they ask for, as there is something to be said for having clarity in your expectations.  Remember that there are always people in need around you or within your circles of support, that may need your spiritual strength to get them through their rough period, so be generous in providing a helping hand or heart.  What you sow in good deeds will always come back to you in multiple returns and part of our journey is to help others.  As  you await the new opportunities to come into your life as the New Year begins, be aware of all of them which may be disguised initially as an obstacle.  Your year may be the best one yet, if you give yourself the chance to look at things differently and be open to all the greatness that you deserve.