Overcoming...

We come into this world full of potential that can be encouraged or repressed. Each of us is dealt a unique set of circumstances, liabilities and resources, and it is our responsibility to sort these out, follow our purpose, and let the flame of the “calling” be fanned. We must learn to play the hand dealt to us with skill, integrity, and imagination, so that our promise is nurtured and not lost.

Everyday helps to sculpt our destiny. Inner and outer forces and events shape and reshape us continuously. Each new stage in life presents us with different challenges. It takes courage and flexibility to live through these fully and vitally.

Most of us face hazards in the course of our lives, which may include sickness, loss, financial reversals, divorce, or loneliness. We may suffer from broken dreams, forced retirement, or reduced circumstances. Loved ones can be ungrateful and thoughtless. Tragedies, physical deterioration, and death of friends or family – all these can visit us.

Some people fail to negotiate adversity well; they fall into chronic anger, joylessness, unnecessary physical deterioration, or isolation. Sometimes despair, low vitality, complaints and even meanness of spirit rule their daily lives. Others however, seem to have found something valuable, enduring and joyous in life in spite of obvious difficulties. These people have connected with a creative inner core and gained strength, humor, wisdom and much more. It feels like “home” when we connect.