Choices

It is also helpful to think of adversity not as much as a threat to our peace of mind but rather as the very means by which patience is attained.

The Dalai Lama

          For some, the holiday season is a time of joy, family, and celebration.  For others, this is a time of profound sadness—wrought with pain and suffering from failed relationships, financial challenges, job dissatisfaction, and issues of self-worth.  Today I want to share a tool to help you or someone you love transform feelings of depression by looking at circumstances as gifts.

          The dictionary defines depressed as “low in spirit, dejected; suffering from social or economic hardship.”  It is about allowing life to move us to a state of feeling low, unwanted, uncertain, and fearful.

          On the other side of depression is expression.  I believe the reason each of us is here is to express our feelings, thoughts, and talents—to share our gifts in service to humanity—in a way that moves us forward, beyond limited thinking and choices that do not serve us.  This is where we can move from fear to faith, from doubt to trust, and from pain to power.  Know that your gifts are essential to this world.  Spirit must express through us and our job is to be willing to view everything as an opportunity for growth and healing.

Today, open to the realization that everything in the universe is conspiring for your full expression.  Every day, every moment, every second, there is choice.