Ever wonder why the same crappy things seem to happen over and over in your life? (Perhaps you\u2019ve grown beyond and, if so, you can stop reading now, but please keep the rest of us in your thoughts and prayers!) Of course in our teaching we know that our experience is a direct result of our thoughts and beliefs, both conscious (objective) and subconscious (subjective). That doesn\u2019t help matters when we\u2019re in the thick of it, does it?<\/p>\n
It also doesn\u2019t have any warm fuzzy or empathetic result when some well-meaning friend reminds us that we are in charge of our own lives and asks why we created it. That makes me wonder what answer they come up with for deciding to let me slap them upside the head. I never would \u2013 of course! \u2013 but the thought has crossed my mind.<\/p>\n
We will keep experiencing the same unpleasant situations and challenges until we decide to change our thinking about the situation. This may require examining the situation from a completely different angle, but change is necessary for us to progress in life.<\/p>\n
But when does that happen? When do we finally move beyond long-standing issues that may have been plaguing us for years? There is no \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d answer to those questions. One of my teachers put it this way:\u00a0 \u201cYou will continue to repeat those situations in your life until such time as the pain of letting go is finally less than the pain of holding on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another way to put it might be that we finally get sick and tired of being sick and tired. Something that doesn\u2019t help is beating ourselves up over and over for once again creating debt in our lives or making less than stellar choices in choosing our partners. To move through life with ease and grace we must have humorous compassion for ourselves and others.<\/p>\n
The French term d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/em> implies having seen or experienced something in the past that is now being re-created in the present. How about if we change that slightly for those crappy situations in our life to \u2013 wait for it! \u2013 d\u00e9j\u00e0 poo<\/em>? We can smile and think, Wow, I\u2019m up to my neck in it again!<\/p>\n By taking responsibility for our d\u00e9j\u00e0 poo<\/em> we move from a victim covered in crud to an empowered spiritual being in charge of his or her life. Like everything, it\u2019s a choice. We can keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, and end up with yet another d\u00e9j\u00e0 poo<\/em> experience. Or, we can choose again, deciding once and for all that whatever we are experiencing is something we are going through and beyond.<\/p>\n Be willing to laugh yourself right out of your troubles this week, then rinse and repeat!<\/p>\n In Spirit, Truth and Playfulness,<\/p>\n Terry<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ever wonder why the same crappy things seem to happen over and over in your life? (Perhaps you\u2019ve grown beyond and, if so, you can stop reading now, but please keep the rest of us in your thoughts and prayers!) Of course in our teaching we know that our experience is a direct result of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1674,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,85,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finding-peace","category-spiritual-living-2","category-spirituality-2"],"yoast_head":"\n