Difficulties and Problems: Another Way to Look at Them

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Difficulties are to show us all the Gifts we have inside.  ~Victoria Osteen

 

I never thought of difficulties quite this way. I knew that, even though they were painful and, well, difficult, that difficulties were an opportunity to dig deep and find out what’s inside.

My thought sounds the same as Victoria’s, but there’s a subtle difference. With my thought–that we have to roll up our sleeves and dig in–it contains the idea of added difficulty on top of the difficulty I’m trying to solve.

Ack!

With Victoria’s thought, to me, it’s more like an unfolding–like a flower blooming. The work we have to do with her thought is along the lines of being present, being aware, recognizing, accepting, then fashioning those gifts into something that’s valuable to my life and to the world.

I like Victoria’s thought better!

It’s still work, but, to me, Victoria’s thought infers that there’s a payoff at the end of the work. On the other hand, my original thought had me feeling that perhaps there’s a payoff…but I’m going to have to work awfully hard to get it!

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I definitely like Victoria’s thought better!   🙂

How about you? When you hit a difficulty, do you think you have to get out your pick and shovel and start digging or do you watch closely as the flower unfolds revealing its beauty in each moment?

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Lauren

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