Taking Life in Stride

Remember the board game, "The Game of Life". I used to love playing that game with my family. I always longed to be more of an adult, so it was perfect for me to get to act the part - get married, have kids, land a job, etc. It was so exciting to see what would happen that day in that "life".

Well just like in the board game, real life is so similar. We never know where we will land as we travel the course of our lives. And yes, "real life" is a game in which happiness is the reward or prize. Many of us try to direct or control the way our lives play out. We do have the power of free will, of choice, however there are lessons for us to learn along the way which cannot be avoided. We always hear the classic phrase, "Everything happens for a reason". Well LIFE is that reason.

The sole purpose of our existence here on earth is to LIVE. Living does not mean just to eat, sleep and breathe. So often we get caught up in the basics of our lives and we just exist. Living means to take full advantage of the body and mind that was given to our spiritual being in order to manifest that which brings us great love, joy, and peace. We are here to embody all elements of love, the feeling from which every other positive emotion emanates. Our work here is to get beyond the negative emotions that come into our consciousness and return to the loving aspects.

All the twists and turns of life have been designed that way. There are no coincidences or accidents along the way. Every experience is meant to lead you somewhere. So when troublesome times come your way, no matter what their incarnation, just know that on the other side of that struggle, the end result is something better. A better set of circumstances, but more importantly a better YOU can emerge from it. As the jingle from the game says, "You can be a winner at the game of life."