I view acknowledging and defeating confusion and chaos as important aspects of growth and success.
Sometimes, I feel like I am facing an immovable wall of pain, negativity and confusion.
Even after trying mediation, positive affirmations and prayer, there’s this sinking feeling at the pit of my stomach that reminds me of my imperfect mortal being in conflict with the part of me that’s seeking spiritual elevation.
Today my mother reminded me that at those times I am forgetting that the concept of perfection includes confusion, indecision, in aciton and chaos. A perfect marriage is comprised of ups and importantly, the downs of everyday relationships. An Olympic gymnast’s perfect racting of 10 includes, along with the shining advances during training, all the personal missteps, falls, depressions and fears that bore the athlete to that public triumpant moment.
The audience and judges are only privy to the final performance. The athlete retains the memories of each step and ultimately realizes that all seemingly negative elements were as important oas the positive ones that contributed to the final eclat. They are important, not because they surfaced, but because they were dealt with and defeated. I was reminded that we can apply that same appreciation to the bumps along our own paths by recognizing and overcoming them.
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