Life is about learning lessons and growing as a spiritual being. The troubles and tribulation we encounter along the way are growth opportunities not punishment. Some lessons are relatively simple and others, not so much. The later of these are hugely important in terms of our spiritual growth. Of course, when times are tough it’s difficult to see the value that will be reaped when it’s all said and done. Hindsight is where this value tends to become most apparent. Surely you can think back over the landscape of your life and recognize value that came about following previous bouts of hardship.
The fastest growing plant on the face of the earth is the Bamboo plant. At times its growth rate exceeds 39 inches an hour. It grows so fast that it often reaches its full height in just one growing season. Many species are monocarpic; they live their life, bloom and die. Along the way there are many unknowns, of course, just as in our own lives, but in the life of the bamboo plant lays a model for life from which, we can all learn.
Life is full of choices. We make choices every seconds of our life, determining who and what we are and therefore live our life according to that principle. I think it is safe to say: What goes through our brain determines who we are as an individual. It also got me thinking: wouldn’t our life be that much easier if we start thinking positively?