When Bad things happen to Good People
You always get what you ask for. We can debate this one on a different post, leave some comments to let me know what direction to take on this, but it is true.
So if we can agree that this is true, and we do get what we want, what happens when bad things happen that we clearly don’t want?
Conscious vs. Subconscious Thought
We are always creating what is happening to us. If we are doing it consciously we see things coming and we are very happy with the outcome. If instead we are doing this subconsciously we may get results that we don’t expect. We determine our outcome when both our conscious and subconscious work together. When there is a difference then the subconscious always wins out. The subconscious is much stronger than our conscious thought. Again this is a deep topic that we can debate in a later post. Let me know what you want and I will be glad to write it. What we want to learn here is that when we get our Conscious and Subconscious working together we will get exactly what we want. If it is not what we want there is a divergence that we need to bridge.
Bad Things Sometimes Have to Happen
So we have our two thoughts thinking the same thing. We are clipping along moving very quickly to what we want and then wham, something hits us. We don’t know where it came from or why it happened. It clearly is not in the direction that we want to go. It is hard on us, we cry, we get depressed, we wonder what happened. Sometimes we wail in agony.
“Why did this happen to me, why am I not getting what I want?”
You might just be getting what you want. It might not necessarily be a bad thing that seems to be happening to you. Instead there may be a few things that have to happen to you in order to get what you want.
Perception is Key
Is the thing happening to you really a bad thing? Are you really going down a road that you don’t like and can’t recover from? Probably not. If you are congruent in your thoughts this negative that is happening to you may just be part of the growing process. Pause for a moment and look at it through a different perspective. I know it is difficult to do, but if you do this you may find that it is not a negative at all. This bad thing that is happening is only perceived as being bad. Instead what is happening to you is simply part of the process.
Lessons to be Learned
If something that you really want suddenly becomes very difficult and the Universe seems to be acting against you there may be a lesson that you are supposed to learn that you have yet to get. So again step back and take a look at what is happening. Ask yourself these questions.
Is there a lesson that I am not seeing?
What is causing this difficulty?
What can I do to change it?
What did I do to cause it?
Some of these are very difficult questions. It is not a form of blame. It is instead a form of self discovery. We can only change us. We can’t change others. So when something is not going right for you the only person who can change it is you. So learn the lesson that is being taught to you and you will soon find that the difficulty really is not as bad as you thought, it is instead just a small bump.
Part of the Journey
Sometimes it is simply part of the journey. Don’t begin to think that everyone who is successful has never hit any road blocks. There is story upon success story that tells of people who have had to overcome tremendous difficulties. You will definitely have to go through your own difficulties on your road to success. It is simply part of the journey.
When we get these difficulties do your best not to take it personally. It may not have anything to do with you. So we go back to getting exactly what we wish for. We are getting what we wish for. If you take yourself out of the problem then you will find that many of the things that are happening around us are just happening. They are not good or bad they are simply part of the journey.
