Your Lessons Are Everywhere!

Your Lessons Are Everywhere!
The universe is intelligence in action. It is so
intelligent that it continually provides you the exact
lessons you need for your growth and development. If you
doubt this, take a look at the situations that repeatedly
"show up" in your life because there are no accidental
occurrences or re-occurrences. In his book The Prophet,
Kahlil Gibran writes, "Much of your pain is self-chosen. It
is the bitter potion by which the physician within you
heals your sick self". Truth is, we continually "heal our
sick selves" because the people and situations we attract
in our lives contain the very lessons we need to learn.
This includes the painful ones and the beautiful ones. If
we choose not to see the "painful" or negative lessons they
will reappear with greater intensity and with greater
consequences in the future. For example, do you seem to
have the same general "issues" when it comes to
relationships or success? The names, faces and
personalities may change but the core challenges, problems
and issues probably have a consistent theme to them. Also,
if you procrastinate, criticize yourself harshly, lack
confidence or exhibit some other continual negative habit
the impact they have on your life provides you
opportunities to learn valuable lessons and make important
changes.

Daniel, a 64 year old Investment Broker shared this story
with me. "I tend to be a person who has excellent problem
solving skills and I like to help others with their
problems. I communicate in a very honest and direct manner
and because of that I can also turn people off at times.
For years, I've noticed people get frustrated and upset
around me and I always assumed it was their problem, not
mine! People would nod their heads in agreement when I
offered advice but they really wanted to get out of the
conversation as quickly as possible and I didn't know why.
I soon discovered that my attitude, voice and body language
were causing others to be uncomfortable. Even though my
ideas were good, it didn't matter because I was turning
people off. The truth is, what I was doing was not getting
me the results I wanted and when I was able to look at the
lesson instead of the need to blame them I was willing to
see that I was the cause of my own frustration with people."

Think back upon your own experiences and notice how often a
"lesson" was there for you to see. What comes to mind right
away? I believe we all know what the lessons are because
chances are we've had more than one opportunity to see
them. Lessons unlearned will repeat themselves time and
time again. However, even when a lesson is repeated we can
continue to ignore it because of our greatest human gift;
free will. We can simply stick our heads in the sand if we
want to. The appearance of a lesson does not guarantee a
change. The lesson is merely a signal, like the warning
lights on the dashboard of your car. When the oil light
appears it reminds you to check your oil because it's low.
If you ignore it too long the consequences become more
severe and what began as a minor inconvenience can turn
into a big expense. This is exactly the way lessons in our
lives operate. The mental, physical and emotional warning
lights let you know that a lesson is in front of you and it
is up to you to do something. When you are aware of any
lesson you always have 3 choices. You can:

1. Deny it
2. See it and do nothing
3. See it and take action

How often do you deny the lessons presented or act as if
they aren't really there? How often are you aware of a
lesson and choose to ignore it hoping that somehow it would
"be ok"? How many times do you see a lesson, attempt to
understand its meaning and decide to take action on it? If
you're not sure where these lessons are, take a look around
you. They are available to you every day through the
people, places and situations you encounter?if you choose
to be aware of them.

What will you do with the lessons reflected in your life
today?

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David Breslow is a National Speaker, Author and Performance
Coach. His book, ?Wired To Win? is available at
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(PGA, LPGA, other sports) as well as Business
Organizations. He brings a fresh, direct, no-nonsense
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make quicker and more powerful shifts in attitude, behavior
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