Hello everyone...
I'm always amazed (but not surprised) how similar events line up and present themselves to us -- especially the ones that we are not quite so fond of! If you know what I mean!
Today for example... I knew (I had an incredibly strong inner feeling) when I first woke this morning that it was going to be a somewhat challenging day with one thing and another. So I quickly and determinedly said to myself "this too will pass, and it will be great!"... I didn't want to put any energy into the fact it was going to be terrible because once I begin to think how terrible or how difficult things are going to be, well they most certainly will!
Many times I kept repeating to myself "this too will pass, and it will be great" and as each challenge appeared throughout the day I kept forcing myself to see it as an opportunity rather than a disaster. Nothing was given to me today that I couldn't handle -- sure I would have preferred to handle more pleasant things, but hey that's life! And each situation appeared and gave me lots of opportunities to step outside my comfort zone and in reality it wasn't that bad at all!
I've only got a couple more challenging things to go through today and I am emphatically repeating over and over and over "this too will pass, and it will be great!" Oh and I have just received an e-mail from a friend (who had no idea what my day was like today) and part of the e-mail was a prayer. It was pertinent, particularly this:
Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You. Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over.
Have you had times like this, where looking at the potential difficulties as actual opportunities got you through? I'd love to hear about your experiences.
Enjoy
Jeanne
So, I'm concluding my day with thoughts that I got through this quite effortlessly and constructively -- and yes, it did pass and it was great!
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