Awareness: Transforming Life’s Lessons into Appreciation
The teachers and guides along your path to awareness have not always appeared as such. Many of these teachers have cloaked in the skins of those who delivered lessons that you attracted and planned before your physical incarnation. They mirrored to you the unwanted aspects of life, leading to feelings of disappointment or even deeper hatred. Once you realized who they were, or rather, the messages they delivered, you may have thought you would not have chosen to experience such relationships—be it an unfaithful husband, a deceptive business partner, or any other unwanted connection. Yet, they were there at your insistence; you cast them in those roles to evoke the feelings you experienced.
Once you become aware, even if it was long ago, you can release any animosity toward these individuals and replace it with appreciation. This appreciation stems from the understanding that you would not have experienced your current state of being—who and where you are at this precious moment in what you call time—without those lessons. Bless the rascals, the infidels, the betrayers; they played their roles well. Your growth, spurred by their participation in your life, was desired and could only have occurred through such interactions.
Appreciate all who you sense are there to deliver news that may be unwanted or unexpected. Allow yourself to feel the emotions that arise as you acknowledge them. The unawareness of what they deliver—symbolized by the pendulum swinging far in one direction—will be fully understood once you swing far in the other. While everything may not always seem like roses and sunshine, it can be if you hold onto this deep knowing.
Feel the feelings, emote the emotions, and manage the swings with awareness. Thank the experiences, and keep moving forward rather than stopping to stare, ponder, or examine the reasons why. Bless those moments and keep moving. You are loved beyond any awareness you possess. Knowing is your gift, and your strength is derived from this understanding.
