Isn't it amazing how from every situation in life we can learn something that helps us grow to be a better person.
If you look at the weather, there are seasons. It’s cold and wet. So is that good or bad? Well, neither. It is useful though. Without the rain... you know. Then some don't like the sun. Again, without the sun... So as you already know, we need the seasons, the wet and the dry, the cold and the warm, the wind.
So if you think about life. Is it best to have an easy life? Or would you say that its best to have a hard life? Again, I think neither is best, it’s just the way life is. We can fight against it, or learn from it. Each situation we come up against, has something we can learn from. Sometimes, while in the middle of difficult times, it is hard to see what you are learning. But down the track, when looking back, it all makes sense. Often the things we learn are there, so that when the next thing comes along we know how to respond or deal with it, as we have already been there done that. If we refuse to learn from the challenges we face, inevitably, we will have to face the same issue again, until we do learn from it, and who knows when the time will come for that lesson to be necessary in life. It may be that the first lesson was there so that you can learn the second lesson, so that the third lesson is possible. Just like maths. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, long multiplation, long division, fractions, algebra, etc. Or the weather. Rain, sun, warmth = plants, food, healthy animals, food etc. You need one thing to herald in the next.
Anyway, you all know this I'm sure.
What has this got to do with Ulysses Blue? I don't know, but I sure hope I'm going to learn something new from it!
Here is another item you will see on the Ulysses Blue web site.
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| This quilt pictorially explains some of the things I wrote about ;) |
