Handling Life Challenges
We all have challenges (I don't like to use the word problems), we wouldn't be fully alive if we didn't. For some, the challenges are greater than others. But each one of us in every moment we are alive have the opptorunity to transform these challenges into something greater. It has been said our greatest challenge is our greatest gift. Yet sometimes when we are in the moment of despair, anger or sadness it is hard to realize within our selves that something good could come out of it. I know I have things in my life that constantly challenge me, push me to stretch as a person, teacher, partner, friend. And yet without these challenging situations where would we be? How would we grow, dig deeper, surrender and evolve? I have a friend who struggles with anxiety. It is crippling to her and over takes her life. She has found temporary peace through meds. I can see why she would choose this for herself. The ...