Have you ever been swept away with the feeling that everything is happening just the way it should be? It’s pretty easy to feel that way when everything seems to be going ‘good’, but what about those times when things are not going so ‘good’. How about those times when you feel pretty lousy? In those moments it’s fairly difficult to feel as if that is the way it should be.

Good and Bad are relative terms, but beside that how can we accept only the good things in our lives and reject bad? Life happens, and if there is a reason for everything then doesn’t that mean the bad as well as the good? Actually that’s when we hear that phrase most often. When good is happening, "everything is just as it should be", and when bad is happening, “everything happens for a reason”. Ladies and gentlemen – the pieces are interchangeable. Everything (good and bad) happens for a reason, and it is all exactly as it should be. It’s this sort of acceptance that will keep you moving forward.

Don’t think for a second that I want you to resign yourself to a lousy life – that is not the case. But if you reject the rocks in your path they soon become boulders and you’re no longer stubbing your toe but rather banging your head on the rock wall before you. “Everything happens for a reason”, and “it’s all as it should be” are both terms of acceptance. Again, you don’t have to resign yourself to a lousy life, but you must be painfully aware of it and accept it if you want to be able to change it, and more importantly – learn from it.

Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard