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Today's
Meditation:
We often
hear people bemoan their fate, complaining about how
unfair it is to them. But we also hear people to
whom fate has dealt a much more difficult hand not only
not complain, but actually show gratitude for what they
have in life rather than bemoaning what they see as
wrongs. I hope that I can generally be in this
latter group, because I don't want the chances of life to
have the ability to make me miserable.
I get
inspired by people who go through trials and come out of
them not just surviving, but thriving. People who
have been abused are able to use their experiences to help
other people who are going through similar problems.
People who have dealt with cancer or other serious
illnesses are able to take what they've learned from their
problems and find ways to help others with what they've gone
through.
Of
course, the card metaphor can only go so far. If
you're playing poker and you have a really awful hand, you
may be able to bluff your way through it, but you still
have a really awful hand. With a good bluff, the
worst possible hand can win, but one of the rules of cards
is the importance of knowing when to fold and wait for the
next hand. Life doesn't always give us the luxury of
folding, though we can decide to leave certain situations
when we learn that they're causing us damage.
Life
is going to give you some unexpected things. What
you do with what comes your way is up to you. Has
something awful just happened? Then what can you
learn from it that will make you more humble, more loving,
more caring, more perceptive? If we whine about our
fate, we're giving power to the concept of chance; if we
decide to make the most of our fate, then we're taking the
lessons that life has to offer and learning what we can.
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