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There is so much liberation in being able to see the suffering we endure as having purpose. I was thinking not so long ago, that Jesus was not the only one with a cross to bear. We all have our crosses. We're all playing our part, however small, in saving the world.
If I can endure a hardship and find the light, then that light will surely shine on someone else. Or perhaps encourage someone else that they too can find their light.
Unfortunately we've been indoctrinated to think pain is to be avoided and gotten away from. But what about when we can't avoid or get away from it? We have no choice then but to accept it.
Extraordinary things happen when we accept. Depression is a horrible state to be in. But I've learned it's a fight I can't win by getting angry at it, fearful or more depressed about being depressed.
So now I try to just be conscious of being depressed. I notice it's there but don't feed it with my negative emotions. I try to not let myself become depressed about being depressed. Or angry about being depressed. Or frustrated about being depressed. Or frightened about being depressed.
I know there's a light on the other side of it if I will just stay still and know "this to shall pass." To know there is purpose in my pain. The purpose is to take me to the light of Spirit, which I would probably never seek without pain.
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