Friday, November 10, 2017

THE GOLDEN GOOSE IS OUR ANGEL

Remember that life's difficulties and troubles are not intended to arrest your progress, but to increase your speed. -- "God Calling," November 10.

If only we would remember that one sentence, we'd never again pray to have our difficulties lifted. It is the Oh-No's of our personal life that send us to God. Trouble is, we usually go to God with the self-determined "fix" we want, rather than "Thy will be done" that we need.

I've come to believe, too, that the word "personal" is the tripwire for our wants. To depersonalize our very thinking is the essence of spiritual growth...the definition of ego-deflation in depth, according to me.

Long ago I was advised to make a habit of studying my own reactions whenever I am feeling irked, hurt, offended and/or  disrespected. I've found those feelings are nearly always my reactive response to my feeling of a personal attack. That realization led to the gift of saying "thank you" first thing as opposed to reacting in kind, meaning personally attacking the other in thought or deed.

I'm convinced that "thank you" is what opens my mind and my heart simultaneously which allows me to see from the other person's perspective...or to seek to understand their view and stop doubling down on my own hurt, anger, etc.

The rest of the gift of thank you is to know this difficulty, this trouble...specifically, the person delivering the difficulty...is my angel. S/He represents the golden goose that turns me to God who can and will increase my speed toward peace of mind no matter life's difficulties and troubles.

 God can and will intervene in our life in our behalf.

Thank you.

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