The Advanced Soul

Gifts

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
 Henri L. Bergson 

In the past during difficult times I would get frustrated by the placing of an obstacle (better word would be a lesson) in my path. I sometimes would get angry because things did not appear to be going my way. I would feel as though everything was working against me. ” I can’t believe this is happening again.” I would mutter. ”Why me? I am a really good person. I try to do good, I mean I help other people……..you remember that guy I picked up when his car broke down last week…..  COME ON!!!!     I DESERVE A BREAK!!!!   WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?” 

I am humbled and grateful…. I realize that even in my darkest hour the heavens were conspiring for my benefit. I could not “see” and my mind could no comprehend what was going on behind the scenes.  Those very things I cursed have in turn become some of my greatest blessings. I was being given tools or “gifts” that would come into use latter in my life. 

Let me say that it is not my belief that it is intended for us to live a life of suffering or that the stairway to heaven is a bed of hot coals which one must throw himself/herself on in order to be enlightened. I know that through the exercise of understanding that ALL things are for our betterment. It is only then the glass is not half empty or half full…it overflows. 

Here is one of my personal life lessons 101 that I share with my children. This one I never read in a book. It goes something like this. “Be careful of the things you curse….for often times the gifts of greatest value come wrapped in plain wrapping and are smeared with dirt. They are heavy, cumbersome and might appear to be of no worth. We might not get to open them for many years. It is only through the roughness of the road that the wrapping paper is torn. Little bit by little bit the packing is worn down. It isn’t until we are prepared to see or until we are prepared to do, that we see the brilliance and beauty of the treasure that we have carried around. Although it may have always been there, it did not just lay inside waiting for us to discover its beauty; its purpose was there to try to help us see ours.” 

If I could say one thing to the Universe or God it would have to be Thank you for my gifts……ALL of them  

Corey 

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