a post by Nick Egan for the Tiny Buddha blog
“The sage perspective accepts every outcome and circumstance as an opportunity.” ~Shirzad Chamine
No doubt you’re familiar with paranoia. In the modern world, it’s hard not to be. And as Joseph Heller wrote, just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not after you. But there is another way to look at the world. What if you could see every situation in your life as a positive conspiracy, aimed at aligning you with your highest good?
This might seem outlandish, but it’s not as crazy as it seems. If you imagined that the person annoying or challenging you was actually a gift to help you further your mental or spiritual development, how would you respond differently? What could you learn from them?
At the very least, you’d probably resist the urge to react negatively to the perceived provocation. Instead, you’d likely take a second look at what they were trying to communicate to you, and perhaps see something you might otherwise have missed.
Continue reading it makes a lot of sense to me!
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