What a great story on taking a
positive view of a bad situation!
Some lessons are more expensive
than others . . . even if they
don't cost a penny
positive view of a bad situation!
Some lessons are more expensive
than others . . . even if they
don't cost a penny
A fellow came to my teacher Hilda Charlton and complained that he had been ripped off by an auto mechanic. "The guy charged me $500 for poor work and then refused to remedy it," he explained. "I had a bad feeling about this mechanic before he started the work. Now I wish I had listened to it."
Hilda responded, "If I were offering you a week-long course on following your intuition, and I guaranteed you that after this course you would be better able to hear your inner guidance and more willing to follow it, would you take the class?"
"Why, sure!" answered the fellow without hesitation.
"And if the tuition for the course was $500, would you pay it?"
"That would be a bargain."
"Then consider yourself lucky," Hilda told him. "You got the entire course from your mechanic in one day."
Now before you go out and seek pain to learn, hear this: Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it. When you accidentally place your finger in a flame, it is supposed to hurt just long enough for you to pull it out. If you think there is value in keeping it there, you will be a crispy critter. Pain is a minor element of life, unless you are indulging it. Then it becomes suffering. Get the message and then get on with your life, which is far more about joy than sorrow.
All experiences in life can be sorted into two categories: (1) Experiences to be enjoyed; and (2) Experiences to be learned from. There is no slot in between. Nothing random. Figure out which experiences fall into which category, and you are well on your way home.
