Love not what you are, but what you may become. — Miguel de Cervantes
To me this quote means that we should be thankful and grateful for the trip and that you have made it this far alive.
Everything that has happened or hasn’t happened in our lives has brought to this point. A person is a sum of their experiences. The true character comes when you know what to do with the experiences. Do you become a victim or do see as an opportunity and a hidden message to carry with you forward? This is a hard line to walk. At the time when something bad has happened to you, most people would normally say “why me?” But what you do next is where the true character lies. Do keep those feelings of injustice, anger, sadness, etc with you on the rest of your journey? Or do you look at the situation for the lessons? I know this is the hardest part of the whole idea. But I think the ability to notice those feelings and reactions in a situation and to deal with them, then let them go is much kinder to ourselves. Now I do not believe this is all going to happen at in the moment the bad thing happens or even in the following day, month, or year. It takes each person their own time to come around and see things for what they are. Obviously, the sooner you notice this extra baggage, the lighter and easier your load becomes. I believe everything happens for a reason, good, bad, or indifferent. It is our reactions to these “things” that truly define us and who we will become.
I know I am going try the next time something good or bad, but especially bad, happens to me, to stop, think, digest and let go. I am going to be kind to myself and allow myself to let go and forgive.
To me this quote means that we should be thankful and grateful for the trip and that you have made it this far alive.
Everything that has happened or hasn’t happened in our lives has brought to this point. A person is a sum of their experiences. The true character comes when you know what to do with the experiences. Do you become a victim or do see as an opportunity and a hidden message to carry with you forward? This is a hard line to walk. At the time when something bad has happened to you, most people would normally say “why me?” But what you do next is where the true character lies. Do keep those feelings of injustice, anger, sadness, etc with you on the rest of your journey? Or do you look at the situation for the lessons? I know this is the hardest part of the whole idea. But I think the ability to notice those feelings and reactions in a situation and to deal with them, then let them go is much kinder to ourselves. Now I do not believe this is all going to happen at in the moment the bad thing happens or even in the following day, month, or year. It takes each person their own time to come around and see things for what they are. Obviously, the sooner you notice this extra baggage, the lighter and easier your load becomes. I believe everything happens for a reason, good, bad, or indifferent. It is our reactions to these “things” that truly define us and who we will become.
I know I am going try the next time something good or bad, but especially bad, happens to me, to stop, think, digest and let go. I am going to be kind to myself and allow myself to let go and forgive.
I am grateful for all the experiences of my life.
Namaste
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