View challenging people as your assignment. Ask yourself: What is this person meant to teach me?” Every person in our lives has a lesson to teach. Some lessons include: to become stronger, to be more communicative, to trust intuition, to be more self-loving, to know when to let go, to be nothing like this person!
I read this earlier today and it really made me think. I spent some time recalling some of the more “challenging” people who have been in my life. Wow, that was fun. Not just fun, but F-U-N. One of the best things that I realized is that these “challenging” people are no longer in my life. Is “challenging” supposed to be a euphemism for something much more descriptive that would include a long string of swear words? I digress.
This past weekend I was talking with a much younger friend. The subject of age came up. This friend is nearly 15 years younger than I am. I told her that I would much rather be my age than be 30 again. Why? One of the reasons is that by now I have learned a lot of the tougher lessons in life. Have I learned all of them? Not by a long shot. I’m nowhere near foolish enough to believe that.
I do believe that everyone who comes into our life teaches us a lesson, not just challenging people. Lessons don’t have to be bad. They don’t have to be painful. Some can be beautiful. For that, I am eternally grateful.
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