Friend, do you know what you have in common with an Oyster?
I'll tell you but first I have to digress a minute (sorry đ).
When negative things happen in our lives, the tendency is to want to push it away by any means possible (after all, who wants pain, or stress, or sorrow, or conflict, or whatever...right?)
But what if the difficulty is the EXACT thing that was required to propel you towards a greater version of yourself? I mean, few of us will do 'the work' until crises shows up. We're motivated far more by the need to avoid/heal pain than the desire to gain pleasure.
And this is where the oyster comes in. Natural pearls form when an irritant works its way into the oyster (or mussel or clam). The oyster will begin to secrete a fluid (called 'nacre') and begin to coat the irritant in layer upon layer forming a lustrous pearl.
Life's difficulties and challenges can very much be to you, what the irritants is to the oyster. They CAN be the catalyst to your transformation into your next best version of yourself, as it was with me.
My life was filled with difficulties and my many years of all sorts of inner work, well, they were all the 'nacre' of my life, that led me to a far greater version of myself.
I went from being afraid to the point of social anxiety, rageful to the point of stabbing my brother (OK, I didn't hurt him a lot), depressed to the point of contemplating suicide to a beautifully grounded, strong, kind and loving version of myself.
God does not make mistakes.
Everything serves you.
What you decide to do with what shows up determines if you will spin indefinitely in a web of challenges & drama or if you will use it to do the work to become that precious pearl that is YOU!
Ultimately, you decide!!!
Here to serve in love đ
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