Did you know life was never meant to be a struggle?
I decided to re-read the book Life was never meant to be a struggle by Stuart Wilde (or booklet as he calls it) as a refresher to where I am right now, which I intellectually understand is as a result of my thoughts and emotions rather than on my actions. Because I always highlight the books I read it means when I pick them up again I tend to only focus on the highlight bits which makes re-reading it faster and I take in the main points, although I sometimes wonder what I might miss out on too (that’s the control freak in me!)
Here are some great quotes:
“……… If you accept full responsibility for your life, you will accept that your destiny is created by you. And that your life is basically a symbol of your inner most thoughts and feelings – of what you believe about yourself.
He identifies a number of characters that “live” in the strugglers hall of fame:
The Hero – weakness – a lack of personal acceptance
The Terrorist – weakness – Bears a grudge on society
Professional Wimp – weakness – Does not command life
“Spiritual” Wimp – weakness – huge ego, feels like God dropped him off on earth to sit around being “special”
The Goddess – weakness – similar to spiritual wimp, may dress like a man, act tougher or with a anything you can do I can do better attitude
Wilting Wallflower – weakness – I am not capable please help me (this one was definitely be back in the day!!)
The conclusion of Life Was Never Meant to be a Struggle by Stuart Wilde:
Once you acknowledge and accept the struggles in your life (and it takes courage to identify them) then you have the power to transend.
“Once you accept you are the cause of struggle you can then affirm, with certainty, that all struggle in your life can be eliminated, given time”
Of course the important part of that whole sentence is the “given time” but because transcending what is right now into what you desire will not always happen within days or weeks, sometimes the journey is years long.
I have spent the last 18 years of my life constantly changing as I learn more about myself and sometimes I must admit to just getting plain ole tired of it all!!! Its time to stablize, normalize and just live life. If life was never meant to be a struggle then maybe I should stop attempting to end the struggle and just flow with what is.
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