Everything Happens For You

Words Can Be Life Changing. 

A person from my past was fond of saying, "Life is just one hassel after another!" These words went into my brain at an early age and stuck there. 

 About a year ago, I came across the following idea:

"Everything happens for us, not to us."

I sat with these words for a long time – feeling as though a lightning bolt had struck me! This was such a radical departure from my belief system, I was in shock! It was like being in a car wreck only instead of being a physical wreck, it was a mental wreck in which two radically different concepts had had a collision in my brain.

I put this quote on my bathroom mirror. I put it up in my studio. I put it in my car, in my Day Timer and on the refrigerator. 

Now when something blocks my path, I look around to see how the block might lead to a better path with more possibilities. This is a huge shift for me.

I go from being blocked to being wide open!

The old phrase from my past is still in there. But this new phrase/concept/gift is gaining strength every day.