Sunday, February 12, 2012

Growth and Development

Most of the challenges we face/trials we go through are set in place to test us.  Look at it like this you are part of and always have been the universal classroom.  So each obstacle that we come in contact with is just a test of what we have learned about ourselves and the world around us. Each test serves as our check and balance system to judge our growth and development.  Showing us how far we have come and/or how much further we have to go.  So when we are in the midst of sorrow, stressed out or uncertain this serves as part of your test.  Now is your time to showcase your life lessons, it's now your time to shine or it could be your time to regroup and come up with a better strategy.

It is during these times we start to second guess ourselves and lose faith.  We start to allow doubt to creep in.  We all know what happens when doubt gets just a tiny crack to slide into, it takes over and all the positive thoughts, prayers, confidence, and peace that we have built up within, starts to come crashing down.  It is at these moments that we need to stand firmly in our truth. What we know for sure..... We have to show the world and more importantly ourselves how far we have come.  Know in your heart that this challenge just like the ones before are to our benefit.  We need these.

How can we come to enjoy a beautiful sunny day if we cannot accept and love just as well a thunderstorm?  How can we enjoy pure unadulterated joy if we don't appreciate sadness?  In the words of Iyanla Vanzant "If you don't have a test than you wont have a testimony".

Challenge:  Stand in your truth.  We know challenges but we have to look at them as a test of our knowledge.