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Today's
Meditation:
There
have been many times in my life when I've told myself I
wouldn't try something any more because of bad results; I
wouldn't risk certain things because I'd been hurt or
because something else bad has happened when I've tried
them before. Those were the days before I realized
that there are very important lessons in the bad things
that happen to us, and we can learn a lot from them if we
take the time and make the effort to do so.
The
world is right here, right now, and there's plenty going
on in our lives and in the lives of the people with whom
we have contact and relationships. Some of the
things that happen will be bad, but that doesn't mean that
I should avoid contact with anyone or shut myself in a
cell, all alone, to try to avoid the bad. It simply
wouldn't work.
If
I get a bad grade on a test, I can decide either never to
take a test again, or to look at where I went wrong and
correct those things in the future. If my business
goes under I can decide never to start a business again,
or I can decide to learn from what happened and take those
lessons into my next business venture. If someone
insults me, I can decide never again to talk to anyone who
may insult me, or I can learn and avoid that person in the
future-- or simply pay them no mind.
Bad
things have happened to me. But good things have,
too-- and many more good things than bad. If I
recognize a purpose behind them all, then they all can
help me to grow into the person I'm meant to be.
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