the lessons in Struggle


Do you find your Self in the midst of Struggle (this gets a big S because the struggle that teaches us a lesson is like an educator–an invisible person)?

If so, look for the lesson in Struggle. God/The Divine/The Universe will use Struggle to teach lessons you need to learn–some believe that our souls choose our current life with the explicit intention of learning a specific lesson.

Whether you believe that or not, you can look back at challenging experiences and see that there were lessons you learned as you navigated them.

Maybe it was to trust your Self more.
Maybe it was to stop hanging out with misaligned people.
Maybe it was to better align your finances with your Authentic Life.
Maybe it was that you deserve to be happy.

There’s always a lesson. We just usually don’t realize it until after we get to the other side of Struggle.

Why wait and extend the length of Struggle?

When you realize you are in the midst of Struggle, begin to look for the lesson. The sooner you learn the lesson, the sooner Struggle will move on to teach someone else.

And for what it’s worth, I believe we’re being taught these lessons before Struggle comes to visit, but we often miss them because we’re distracted, not looking for them, or simply missing them. If we miss the quiet lessons, then God/The Divine/The Universe gets a little louder with them, and few things get our attention like Struggle.

I don’t believe we can escape Struggle altogether.

I do believe that our encounters with Struggle can be significantly reduced by living in alignment with our Authentic Self and Life.

And I also believe that we don’t need to seek Struggle to find growth–don’t avoid Struggle when it shows up, but also don’t go seeking it.

When you realize that you are constantly being guided and taught what you need to know to live your Authentic Life, the lessons become more obvious, and life becomes easier to navigate.


See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,

JC

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