If It Doesn’t Destroy You, It Will Make You Stronger!
As you move through life, you meet problems of all shapes and sizes. Some are hardly worth mentioning; while others are life-threatening or earth-shattering. Yet, they all have one thing in common. Each problem is merely the wrapping that hides a gift which has been custom designed to your specifications.
If you choose to entertain yourself in your life with the wrapping paper, the bow, and the box, that’s perfectly all right. You can cuss them and discuss them. You can admire all the subtleties of their design. But, if you are distracted by the problemthat is, the wrappingsyou will never be able to receive the gift that was prepared especially for you.
No matter what the problem is, the gift it carries has a peculiar quality. It cannot be delivered directly into your consciousness or your awareness. You must actively choose to acknowledge it and to accept it as your own. Only you can remove the wrapping, and only you can remove the gift from the box.
When you have a problem, that problem does not only exist outside of you. It is a part of your mental world; it actually emerges from...