When we are moving through life, we may promise ourselves that we'll figure things out AFTER we get through a series of events. This is especially true when we're NOT in control of circumstances (and believe me, no matter how well we plan and execute our plans, we are rarely managing more than our own thoughts and deeds). "Things" go awry. People react differently than we expect. Rains become floods before we see rainbows. Chocolate melts in our pocket before we get to taste it.
I encourage you to move forward. Choose to focus on what is good, even if the best taste of what was sweet in one moment seemed brief and unsatisfying. No matter what we wish could have been, life is best when we move into greater possibilities. In a few months or years (or after a lifetime), we will pause and look back at those times with a better sense of our strength, courage, and pride. In that space, we are likely to frame experiences as blessings. When we do that, we shift time and space: Grief shimmers with joy. Hurts heal with forgiveness. Our life brightens and our heart opens the moment we find a blessing, whenever and however we see it.
Generally speaking, when someone offers you chocolate, enjoy it immediately! When someone offers you a challenge, move through it as best you can. Choosing to act with GOOD WILL is the hallmark of a Finest Hour. Your choices, with good intention, transform your spirit and transcend circumstances. In seeking the possibility of a blessing, we become brighter and more brilliant. This is a natural process, just as pressure creates diamonds and stars form from explosions.
How will I choose to see GOOD in every experience? This is an act of our will: to freely choose the good in every experience, even if it has passed. When we can do that, we learn the power of Love, of joy, of forgiveness. In that exchange, we have the power to shift reality, overwrite time, and receive Grace from those experiences forever.
DonnaMarie Fekete
27 May 2016