Everything Happens For A reason
The universe sends us what we need in signs. Signs that we may overlook, and these signs are usually starring straight in our face. The signs I am referencing to is a problem/challenge. I do believe we face the same problem/challenge just in many different scenarios. I also believe until you're able to claim victory of that problem/challenge it will no longer recur.
Now that we got that out the way, I will speak about my spirtual journey. It all started with a quote that I disliked very much, "Everything Happens For A Reason".
I use to hate that quote! I would roll my eyes whenever someone said it to me. Cringe at the sound of the syllables rolling off of my mothers tongue. This infamous quote led me to understand it as, bad things will always happen and we will never have a explanation why. This quote became a bandaid for the wounded. Whenever something bad happen I was surrounded by people who would always claim, that the problem you or I were having facing was for A reason. For the greater good so to speak. However that reason is always unknown. So that heart break you endure in high school was for a reason, that best friend you lost in middle school was for a reason, that job you lost was for a reason. Now pity me, I was stuck in a childlike mind until I had this enlightenment. However this quote left such a bad taste in my mouth. Have you ever entered a elevator, and smelled A horrible smell, the type of smell that you can almost taste. Well thats how the quote consumed me.
I have been on a spiritual journal for some time now. However mine started without noticing. I was in therapy looking for A change, looking to better myself. I wasn't practicing spirituality much however one random day I woke up and I mean like I really woke up and I started to question everything. It was so bizarre to me and then I had this "ah ha" moment. Is this what is it to be enlighten? During this "ah ha" moment my brain started to rewire its thought process, I started to examine and process things differently. I seen the bigger picture and My life really flashed before my eyes. Then, BOOM, as my brain is processing things it starts back up "everything happens for a reason". I laughed and greeted this thought as a old friend.
Now I am now no longer A "why is this happening to me" kinda person. Rather then "what is this teaching me" kinda person. This is what "Everything happens for a reason" means to me. Everything happens so I can learn something. Life is the teacher and there are so many learning experiences, and what we do with these experiences matter. I needed that heartbreak in high school to become stronger. I needed to loose that middle school friend to grow. I needed to loose that job to create something better and bigger! I needed these bad experiences to better myself. Everything happens for a reason, is a lesson to be learned.
My shift of perspective has made me notice the signs I was speaking above. The signs that kept recurring In my life.That everything does exactly happen for a reason. The challenge and problems you face constantly are signs for you to wake up and realize you need to change. Example: Since high school I have picked not so good partners, this continue well in my earlier 20s. As we all do blame ourselves, " why me, why can't I find a partner, why is this happening to me!".It was happening to me because I had look deeper, deeper in myself and take the awful relationships that I was having as a sign for myself, a lesson to be learned. A pattern I was constantly creating and having because I wasn't producing a change and learning that specific lesson. We can get into that much later. But after adjusting and making some better choices which was very much needed I did find my life partner.
Life is a intense ride, and I am very curious to hear other people stories on their spiritual journey or their first enlightenment. Please feel free to connect with me.
When was your first "ah ha" moment and what caused it ? What did you learn from it and what knowledge did you gain that you can share with others?
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