Fascinating, isn’t it? It’s amazing how whatever issues were plaguing the world weeks and months ago—issues that were supposedly tamped firmly down then—just keep popping back up. It’s like a Whack-A-Mole game, only not so fun.
Our personal lives are also a bit similar to Whack-A-Mole in many respects. When you don’t effectively deal with a touchy situation or a relationship problem, it just festers silently away in the background for awhile before popping back up into your present with a vengeance. Surprise!
Were I a licensed therapist I could offer valued advice to others. Unfortunately I’m only the ‘armchair’ version who has been around longer than expected, and whose opinions are just that—opinions. But I have to say that LIFE in general is challenging by any standard; and personal interactions are always perplexing, even with people you have known forever because people change and don’t change, all in the same consideration.
I see it with my friends. I see it with my spouse. And I wonder: Is it just me or are we all running on this same hamster wheel day after day and going nowhere, but feeling more exhausted from doing it? I don’t see progress on any issues. I don’t see improvement in relationships or situations. Why is that?
I feel the world around me spinning but it looks and acts the same as the day before. I keep expecting improvement or change of some sort. Instead I feel like I’m treading water in the ocean and going nowhere—just trying to survive the day, drifting with the currents—no land in sight. Are you also feeling that?
So I then asked myself these questions which I’ll share with you:
- Am I different now as opposed to a year ago or ten years ago?
- Are my LIFE experiences different now from that same time period mentioned?
- What have I done lately to show my evolution from the person I was back then?
- Is my LIFE in general better or worse than it was a year ago or ten years ago?
- Am I happy with who I am and how I view my LIFE?
- If I am NOT happy now, what do I need to change in myself or in my life to BE happier, or at least to FEEL happier?
- Am I willing to make those changes to myself or to my attitude in general to be happier?
- Who is responsible for my happiness? Is it ME?
I think it IS me. So perhaps I need to make a perspective shift so I can see a happier side of life.
Perhaps I need to “adjust my attitude” to be more grateful for what I have now and for the people and relationships around me.
Perhaps my soul’s highest evolution is dependent on my making the best of whatever situation that I do face—no judgment—just doing what I need to do, whenever I need to do it—whether blessing or curse. For a soul’s learning value, is there a difference between them?
How about you? What do you think?
FINDING YOUR TRUTH 