I don’t grow from the joys as much as I do the sorrows, the troubles and the roadblocks. We hear this all the time, but I find it is simply true. I find that when I don’t have troubles, or something to work out in my mind, I tend to stir up a few. It’s conditioning. I’m really working on my capacity for tranquility and it’s growing. I sit with serenity beautifully now. I stir stuff up less. I know many people that tend to stir their pots too. I’m not alone in the soup. I guess it’s because it feels so good to work through trouble and come out the other end. I love that victorious feeling. Everything comes to pass. I got some bad news today about a family member, and I have gotten bad news in the past with my family. Life tosses up the dust for us, we don’t have to do it ourselves. So I make friends with the trouble in my life. I take it’s hand and move more gently with it and we work it out.
