I so identify. It sometimes seems that I’ve been asking the wrong questions when the answer was right in front of me. And whatever we tell ourselves it’s about, it rarely is.
Right. So often what we think we need to get through is really just what we needed to go through. It's hard to not wish away aversion. What I always fail to see is how wishing away or wishing different is just investment in my suffering. It's coming into wisdom, recognizing that this is where I need to be, that I find peace with what is.
Agree with a conclusion 100%. The point of this life is not the redemption for things in our past, but to learn from them, grow from them, and recognize that we are continuing to evolve as people. Those things in my past, both good and bad, have shaped me into who I am, and is what will help me continue to grow, love, and live. Past chapters are hard to accept the ending of, but they were just that, chapters of a long life, and I’m becoming excited about the next chapter.
I so identify. It sometimes seems that I’ve been asking the wrong questions when the answer was right in front of me. And whatever we tell ourselves it’s about, it rarely is.
OMG yes to asking the wrong questions. Glad you relate.
Right. So often what we think we need to get through is really just what we needed to go through. It's hard to not wish away aversion. What I always fail to see is how wishing away or wishing different is just investment in my suffering. It's coming into wisdom, recognizing that this is where I need to be, that I find peace with what is.
Beautifully said.
Agree with a conclusion 100%. The point of this life is not the redemption for things in our past, but to learn from them, grow from them, and recognize that we are continuing to evolve as people. Those things in my past, both good and bad, have shaped me into who I am, and is what will help me continue to grow, love, and live. Past chapters are hard to accept the ending of, but they were just that, chapters of a long life, and I’m becoming excited about the next chapter.
Glad to hear you're moving to the other side of your own "mid life crisis"