Life is, no matter how we look at it, a challenge. There are some realities about life that we have to accept. This is the key to living joyfully in communion with the heavenly while abiding here on the earth. Life is really a struggle that continues until we breathe our last breath. Life is something that we did not request. None of us asked to be born. Neither did we ask to be poor, or black, tall or short. We did not ask to be a part of family as opposed to another.
Life is full of risks. There is certain element of risk taking in every venture we undertake; whether it is in business, or in marriage, in a profession or in athletics. We never have complete security within ourselves. For we know that every moment we live, our life is in constant danger. A car emerging out of nowhere can crush us, or a slip of leg may result in our death. So life is unpredictable. We get no warning, we are afforded no red alert, and we get no second chance at life.
Fighting against life’s realities and adopting a stance of negativism only creates unnecessary pain and allows you to understand your frustrations, grow from them and experience life’s abundance.
You have heard people who make comments such as “I go with the flow.” What they are saying is this- I accept in life what I cannot change. I deal with it as it comes within the framework of my own knowledge and capabilities and spirit. When inner negatives are dissolved, our outer life will be more harmonious and fulfilled. Understanding life helps you make the unconscious conscious: to see your misguided beliefs and negativity clearly, to understand their roots and causes, and most importantly – to transform them.
Fundamental to accepting life is to give recognition to the supreme life-giver. Whenever we praise God or give God recognition and acknowledgement, it is for life.
So learn to accept life – ‘As it comes’.