It's Not Fair!!!

One of my early spiritual teachers was pretty direct, no sugar coatings. Once I was complaining about some recent misfortune and stated "It's not fair" to which he replied, "You want fair, go to Pomona (where the LA county fair is held) once a year". Now, being the sensitive type, this hurt my delicate feelings. He didn't much care, or at all, and followed up with "pain is the only instrument sharp enough to cut away the excess of self, so be grateful for the lesson". Geez, what a prick, but he was right.

Life is not fair. Life is messy, we make mistakes and so does everyone else. When I start taking things personally and allow myself to become emotionally attached, that's when the trouble starts. So, money comes and goes, jobs come and go, relationships change or end, people will let us down and we will let people down as well, such is life. We are all in this together, our true job to learn and grow in awareness and understanding and when we are hurt, make mistakes, are let down or offended, because we will be, we embrace the lesson as an opportunity to grow spiritually. Remembering that today is just one day in our long awakening, and nothing is worth losing our peace of mind and serenity in spirit over. Oh, and try not to smile too broadly when it's your turn to respond when someone states "It's not fair".

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The Hard Part

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The Hard Part

"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." General Norman Schwarzkopf.

From 25 to 30 years of age I was pretty much lost in a haze of intoxication. By 25 I had had a good job, owned a home, drove a nice car, was married and became a father. Though my daughter was stuck with me, the rest was gone or going. Now, I am supposedly a pretty smart fellow, if you believe IQ tests, (today I suspect scoring well on an IQ test merely demonstrates an ability to take IQ tests well) but looking at my life, I sure wasn't acting like a genius. There were uncounted times when I knew what I was doing or about to do was a bad idea, but I did it anyway. I was a time traveler when under the influence. I would start out in one place, consume mass quantities of intoxicants, blackout and then come too, sometimes the next day, in a different place, sometimes wearing different clothes, invariably broke, often in the company of new "best friends" whom I didn't recognize. A few times this happened while driving, a truly disconcerting experience.

And though I hated it, I did it regularly. A smart man remarked years ago this behavior demonstrates a base form of insanity, and it sure felt like it. I haven't lived like that in many years, today I live on a new basis, the Spiritual Basis, so when the voice of fear, cloaked in all manner of guises, whispers in my mind’s eye in an attempt to drag me back into that old life and way of thinking, I stop and thank God as I understand Him for the strength I have today to stay the course and do the hard things, which in truth, I have learned, is truly the easier softer way. Maybe those IQ tests were right!

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Courage

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