Turn Down the Volume on Resistance

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments  of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am going to give you a bit of unsolicited advice...advice I was given today as I was listening to my mentor, Eckhart Tolle speak about how to overcome struggle.  (Do you see a pattern here?  I am always writing about overcoming suffering.  I wonder why? lol)

Stop amplifying the things that seem to"go wrong".

Watch yourself.  Are you still complaining about the things that are going in in your  life to yourself or to others?  Are you feeling 'bothered' by what other people do or don't do? Do you feel like others, circumstances, things are not meeting your expectations of how they should be?  Do you feel like Life is constantly sabotaging your efforts to get to where you think you should be able to get with ease? And do these thoughts, words, stories and complaints seem to get very loud in your head or as they come from your mouth?

Turn down the Volume 

If so...turn down the volume.  Stop amplifying the things that you judge, label and perceive as wrong, difficult and /or unfair.  Stop dwelling on them...stop turning up the volume so nothing else can be heard.

Difficulty wakes us up

You see...life isn't meant to be easy.  Life is meant to challenge you not sedate you.  You are already too sleepy.  It is time to wake up.  Our so called 'difficulties' wake us up. We wake up not just for ourselves...we wake up for the world.

Not just about 'little me'

The whole world is waking up and you are just one small cog in a big wheel. The whole world has to change and everything will be pushed a bit to change.  Every sentient being is challenged by Life at some point?  Why?  Because without challenge , there is no evolution, no growth, no adaptation, and no change for the better.

Besides the more you insist that Life should be easy and struggle against the reality that it isn't...the more you resist challenges when they arise...the more you resist Life.  As long as you are resisting Life...you do not experience the beauty that is Life.   The problem is not what happens to you or around you.  It is not  the things that 'go wrong' or do not meet your expectations.  The problem lies in your expectations and your resisting.  You expect it should be easy and go a certain way...and when it doesn't you allow your thoughts and complaints to get very noisy.

Accept what Life Offers

Accept challenge for what it offers and therefore Life as it is...and you will see just how beautiful it can all be.  You may even learn to see the challenges as doors that help to take you  to the truth that exists beyond the obvious? You will not hear the directions that take you through, however, as long as that volume of complaint is amplified in your head.

Turn down the volume on resistance and see the gift in challenges...see the gifts in accepting Life as it is.

All is well in my world.