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| | The **The Business Consortium** Network is not currently active and cannot accept new posts | | Life Enrichment for Body and Soul ~ Diana Kennedy | Views: 258 | | Jun 22, 2008 1:26 am | | Life Enrichment for Body and Soul ~ Diana Kennedy | # | 
Diana Kennedy | | I love to share tidbits that I find. Do check out the Energy Boost at my site, http://www.dianakennedy.com and read this message from Steve Taylor's site at http://www.rowrowrow.com:
Dear Friends,
The home that Carol and I rent here in Sedona is in the middle of a golf resort. When some friends of ours found out that we were moving into a golfing community (even though we don't play the game), they gave us a book called "Golf for Enlightenment" by Deepak Chopra.
One of the most interesting points that Dr. Chopra makes in his book is this: No matter how skilled and experienced you are at golf, there will always be days when you are just plain lousy at it. Instead of holding yourself to an impossibly high standard of perfection, a more "enlightened" approach is to recognize that disappointing days are inevitable, and to keep those challenging times in their proper perspective.
So it is with living life in the divine flow. No matter how good you think you are at following divine direction, there will always be days when you will not glide toward your goal with effortless ease. Instead, you will find yourself running into rocks or getting tied up in the reeds.
Why? There are numerous reasons why you might encounter uncomfortably challenging circumstances in your life. Here are just three:
First, you have to remember that many of the situations in life that you consider to be undesirable are only undesirable from your personal point of view. Someone else who has a different history or belief system might take that very same challenge completely and easily in stride. In other words, your situation may not be—in and of itself—particularly challenging. It just looks that way to you.
Second, some of the challenges you face in life are there because—on a subconscious and/or soul level—you have specifically chosen to experience them. At a very deep level you may actually want these particular challenges to be in your life, so you can heal a long neglected emotional wound, or expand a limited way of being that is preventing you from living a more fulfilling and joyful life.
Finally, quite a few of life's challenges are simply the natural consequence of making too many unguided or misguided choices . . . choices made from fear instead of faith . . . choices that are not divinely guided or inspired, but are, in fact, ego driven—even though those choices might have been made with the best of intentions.
Are you experiencing a trying time in your life right now? Rest assured, I am not going to tell you to think of this painful period as just "a bad round of golf." No matter what is going on in your life, the discomfort you are experiencing is real, and I certainly don't want to make light of that, or summarily dismiss it.
However, I do invite you to keep in mind what I often suggest in these weekly messages: Every challenge you experience in your life—no matter what it is, or why it is there—can be a stepping stone to your highest good . . . a divine opportunity to help you move closer to your dream . . . a chance for you to grow in compassion and wisdom . . . an occasion for you to heal what needs healing . . . or all of those things.
Here's to living life in the divine flow, and remembering that disappointing days and trying times are—when seen in their proper perspective—" par for the course."
Steven
Author of Row, Row, Row Your Boat:
A Guide for Living Life in the Divine Flow
http://www.rowrowrow.com
Diana Kennedy ~ Life Enrichment Consultant
Know also that I offer Angel Readings, Healing Energy, Teleclasses and Coaching at http://www.dianakennedy.comPrivate Reply to Diana Kennedy | | Jun 22, 2008 9:09 pm | | re: Life Enrichment for Body and Soul ~ Diana Kennedy | # | 
Natalie Clegg | | Great post, and the message understood and received. Life is not easy for me at the moment but I resonate with your topic as I search for solutions and answers. Thank you.
I have also been to Sedona - I loved it! and oneday I will be back! I play golf - reasonably well, but still improving and you are right - you play golf against yourself not any one else.
(I live in the UK and think I went to Sedona in 1997 and loved the red hills and atmosphere and the art.)
NatPrivate Reply to Natalie Clegg | | Jun 23, 2008 5:52 pm | | re: Life Enrichment for Body and Soul ~ Diana Kennedy | # | 
Julie Bestry | | I love the way you put this in your deeply spiritual way, Diana. Said another way, as we note in my family, "Every really bad date gives you a great cocktail party anecdote!"
Yes, this is a less spiritual or ethereal approach, but it all comes down to the same thing. Everything that happens "to" us presents an opportunity for us to decide how we will react and how we will will live to prevent, modify or embrace the happening in the future.
Thanks, as always, for sharing this approach to life's challenges.
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