A Shift in Attitude
Loving The One In The Mirror!Loving the one in the mirror! Is the beginning of life and living! You cry with you, feel your joy, lie with you no ..... Obstacles are a fact of life. It is how we handle them that ultimately shape our experiences in life. While we may not recognize it at the time, every challenge we face is an opportunity to bring more love, more awareness and higher consciousness into our lives. The obstacles we encounter provide us with an opportunity to look within ourselves with the understanding that the outside is only a reflection of what is inside.
The challenge is to be able to recognize any given situation as a lesson. We can choose to view life’s disharmony as an invitation to eliminate an old belief or behavior pattern. We often learn about a positive quality by experiencing its opposite. An impulse toward anger may teach us about love or acceptance. A sense of constraint may teach us about freedom. A situation that appears beyond our control may prompt us to discover our own role in its creation. The lessons presented to us may encourage us to develop important qualities such as humility, patience, compassion or forgiveness.
I realize there may be times when it might be difficult to find the higher perspective. It is more easily recognized as the insight gained in hindsight. Regardless of the situation, we also have the tools to cope and move through the lesson. It is purely a matter of choice. When we remember to feel grateful for something, no matter how small, we begin to move into our power again. This shift in attitude can change your perspective and bring you closer to a sense of peace and sometimes even an awareness of the bigger picture.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. John Quincy Adams
Carol A. Lampman - International speaker, educator and founder of Integration Concepts - specializes in personal growth and development, stress management, somatic health issues and self empowerment. Carol created Breath Therapy Trainings for health care professionals. http://www.IntegrationConcepts.net
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