What lesson did you learn in 2011 from “The School of Life” rather
than a classroom?
I'm sure like most everyone, there were a lot of lessons learned this
year...and every year! The one thing I've realized about
lessons is they don't go away until you learn from them. I came across
this quote and it definitely hit home...
Nothing ever goes away until
it has taught us what we need to know.
It just keeps returning with
new names, forms, and manifestations
until we learn whatever it
has to teach us
about where we are separating
ourselves from reality,
how we are pulling back
instead of opening up,
closing down instead
of allowing ourselves
to experience fully
whatever we encounter,
without hesitating or
retreating into ourselves.
To be fully alive, fully
human,
and completely awake
is to be continually thrown
out of the nest.
~ Pema Chodron
I believe this year I have began looking at these lessons
differently. I ask myself better questions, trying to realize what I'm being shown and how I need to grow.
I'm sure this is a life long learning process, but I feel like at least
I'm more prepared now to ~ once again ~ be thrown out of the nest...but now, fly!
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