I Think We Would Become Bored If…

I am writing this message sitting in the hospital waiting room.

 

I just left the pre-op room. I am here because a family member is having surgery at this very moment.

 

The waiting room is nearly full.

 

I settle myself and look around. I am an observer of people.

 

I am constantly learning, constantly amazed and inspired by the strength we all possess whether we’re aware of it or not.

 

As I am sitting here, in this mutual waiting game if you will, I can’t help but think about all the people that touch a person’s life when they come here.

Whenever I’m in a situation like this, before arriving, I center myself and pray (which I have already done).

 

Of course I pray for the person, the patient in this case, that all may go according to their highest and best good.

 

I also pray for everyone who may come in contact with the patient (either physically or through touching their name on any paperwork, instruments, medications and the like).

 

You see, I’ve learned, through life experiences, that there is real power behind focused prayer.

 

As I sit quietly in this waiting room, all of its temporary inhabitants began to fade into the background.

 

Suddenly, my mind jumps and is redirected in an unexpected way, as it often does when I am given (and receive) what I have come to term “spiritually-inspired” messages.

 

I start writing…

 

I think we would quickly become bored with life if we knew ahead of time how it would all unfold.

 

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I know there are times that we think it might be easier to know things ahead of time, or we think we may feel more prepared, but that too would grow old.

 

Whether we want to admit it or not, not knowing ahead of time about all the wondrous twists and turns along this journey of life is part of the design.

 

I know that there are times in our lives, especially those times when we struggle or are in pain, when we wish we just knew how things would turn out.

 

Am I right?

 

But knowing ahead of time doesn’t, by default, make everything easier.

 

Sometimes I think we believe it would, but the opposite is more likely true.

 

All of these experiences, the ones we label as good, the ones we label as bad, are all leading us to the discovery and realization of who we really are.

 

To make the outside of us more like the inside.

 

To allow the soul to come to the surface, opening our eyes to our oneness with All that there is.

 

I can feel the oneness of everyone in this room, right now.

 

Fortunately or unfortunately, however you choose to view it, it appears that it is during those painful times when we crack open enough to allow the inside (our soul) to rise to the surface.

 

And it is during these times that new awarenesses arise.

 

Deeper learning takes hold.

 

We grow.

 

We come out on the other side of the pain at a place we couldn’t have reached without it.

 

The difficulty or pain served a higher purpose.

 

It’s soul work.

 

You see, perspective is everything.

 

We give everything in life meaning.

 

Although counter-intuitive, remember this: The next time you are in a difficult place in life, rejoice that the Holy One, in collaboration with your soul, is helping you to see clearly as he makes room for something new to enter into your life.

 

Thought you might like to know, everything went well with the surgery!

 

Peace and many blessings to you!

 

Michael