I suppose I’m to the point in life where I do not…….judge situations in my life as a right or wrong through the experience of lessons. I’ve had more of the feeling that, upon coming into this current body form, I agreed upon/possibly staged certain life events to happen so I “learned” from them. Thus comes the term lessons. I’m “learning” in this lifetime but I have never judged any of it as rights or wrongs, or A+ or flat out F’s.

Even certain experiences that didn’t work out as I thought they would, to this day, are invaluable lessons that, if it were NOT from that situation, I would not be where I am today nor the person I am. So some in society would see some of my life as a failure, due to their brainwashing and REprogamming, but I never did. Again, I’ve always been very different in that regards. Everything truly does happen for a reason. Think of your own life John…….if it weren’t for some of the tough tribluations you’ve been through…….would you not be the beautiful person you are today???

So, in closing, if staying away from the word lessons helps you to remain focused and grounded in the now and what you are doing, I say GO FOR IT. It’s most important that we ALL intentionally change our lives in the ways and manners in which suits us just right. After all, NONE of us are the same, not even in the remotest ways. The only way in which we are all the same is that we are all ONE and ultimatley here on Earth for very Divine Purposes. Thank you for this clarification John. I do appreciate your time, as always

Thanks for your comment. I think we are on a similar page when it comes to my entry and your reply.

I absolutely believe we grow and learn throughout every life experience, but I shy away from using the word lessons when describing these experiences. The word lesson evokes a strange feeling inside of me and because of that, I avoid using the word as it pertains to our human experience.

For me, lesson seems to bring forth the idea of right and wrong – at least when used in the traditional way of speaking in our society. Removing the word lesson and its connotations from my vocabulary has been a further form of self-empowerment.

Of course, life is about change and evolution but as I said above:

“…If we believe we are here to overcome experiences and learn lessons, then that’s exactly what we’ll continue to encounter. Why force ourselves through senseless trials and tribulations that are only self-imposed from the start? Therein resides the problem in viewing our journey as one long line of lessons instead of acknowledging we are solely responsible. We can make it as easy or as difficult on ourselves as we choose.”

Again, for me, lessons imply we are doing something improper or incorrectly. So I shy away from using the word and the connotations associated with it. I do believe in persevering, despite whatever appears to be in our path, but I think we have to be cautious to always expect life to be about lesson upon lesson. That makes us overly cautious and limits our creative nature. If we bring that mindset into our consciousness, we surely will find tons and tons of lessons making their way to us.

I’m not disagreeing with you – I just choose to look at it slightly differently, as I believe this is an important factor in intentionally changing my life and empowering myself over circumstances that are out of my control.

By all means I do NOT believe that Creator is keeping track of our good/bad deeds and making a list or marking “the book” in heaven about it. You know me well enough to understand that I don’t believe at all in the “typical” brainwash structure of the world we live in. But I do believe that personally, each and every single one of us DOES have something huge we are contributing to this process for humanity. Just as a 9 month old baby is learning to walk…..wouldn’t that also contribute to being a “life lesson?” Bigger question yet–are experiences and life lessons the same thing???

If you reply to this comment, please be sure to send me a notice in my inbox so I can read what you typed back. Unless, of course, you share your thoughts with me in a more personal matter This is an excellent post and I’m really anxious to read your new blog entry shortly. I can’t wait!!!

Much Love, G~*~

This entry has inspired and fed my thoughts on a number of different paths, all of which I will refrain from sharing at this time, but for people who are having a good day right now and their mood is balanced, this post seems like a very reasonable way of seeing life in general. What gets me are the ones who ARE spiritually aware, ARE aware that THEY CREATE their life right now –good and bad– and that their “reactions” are NOT outside of them, are NOT a chemical mis-fire of the brain. Rather it’s something consciously IN them that they have to sort out.

Life lessons…..Divine timing…..is there really such thing as a Divine Plan of our Creator? In which case, wouldn’t what we ARE experiencing constitute AS life lessons? Wouldn’t the soul, or spirit have certain things that needed to be learned, thus life lessons? Perhaps lesson is not quite the right word for what we ARE learning on a constant basis. Although, it does feel very much like……..LIFE lessons, sort of like Earth is a school and we are here to learn about everything and anything that suits us at any given time. Anyways, I better stop there. Some of your blogs John are most interesting knowing you as I do. Do you ever scratch your head and raise an eyebrow and go, “wait…..I know better than that!” LoL

Yet another insightful posting.

Many Blessings, G~*~