Day 113 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Do Not Worry About How Long
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Lesson 113: Do Not Worry About How Long...
Everyone has their own path and we all are at different points in our awakening. Some people you can say, never get awakened and remain unconscious. Sometimes we compare one person’s path to our own. We should focus on ourselves and know that we are exactly where we need to be. Sometimes our openings to the heart take some time and that’s okay. This isn’t a race on how open your heart is. We are going at our own pace to experience what we need to.
Today we are to think of a younger soul who is more advanced in their soul growth, then an older soul who is less advanced and then another soul my age. From there, what do you learn from each.
I have a friend named Will who lives his life so open that he has no fear and accepts what his spirit guides give him. I admire him in this way, but also get concerned that he is doing so much, and receiving too much, because he is so open. He was awakened last year when he decided to meditate and that opened him up to a whole new path. He is only 22. His soul growth is happening at such a rapid pace that it’s not something I think I could handle, if I were in the same boat. He deals with past lives, the karma from it and then releases it. He is quite advanced in what he needs to learn and then move forward from it. I learn from him that everyone is truly on a path and that they are where they need to be. We shouldn’t compare each other’s lives.
If I think of an older soul who less advanced, I think of my dad. I don’t have the best relationship with him and he’s very stuck in old ways. He is over 60 by the way and there is an old-fashioned type of mindset. I believe that the one thing I admire in him is his faith in God. He is a Catholic man who never strayed from his belief system. But what I find in this, is that it can limit him also. It doesn’t allow my dad to be open to these passages of the heart we’ve been learning and actually closes him off. I don’t see my dad ever dealing with his pain nor fully having compassion for others or himself. I don’t think this is something I can open him up to either because of his old-fashioned thinking. I feel like this is just one of those situations that you can’t change no matter how hard you try. I can only hope that one day he will understand and be more open. Some may think this as a challenge, though I truly think he’s someone that I can’t change and that’s just the way it is.
I don’t know anyone my age to really comment on what they teach me. The person that did come to mind was my mum at my age. My mum was a single mum at 33 and I would have been 10 years old. I think what she has taught me is that you can really persevere through anything with resilience. No matter what the struggle is, you can overcome it. Sometimes you are forced to overcome the battle because there is no other choice, where as other times, it can take a little while and a mentality to keep being strong that helps you through. I think it’s okay to fall down as long as you know that you are the only person to bring you back up again. I’ve seen my mother at the lowest of lows and even though it broke my heart, I’ve seen her through her faith that it will always be okay because she had God. I don’t believe a one almighty God, but my mum did and I respected her beliefs and her will power to get through. She’s an amazing woman that conquered so much.
Whether it’s friends or family, we all have something to learn from one another. Sometimes you see the things in people that you wish you had so you mimic that quality or sometimes you see a bad characteristic that you hope you don’t have. No matter what path we’re all on, there is always a lesson to be had. We just need to be open for the interpretation.
