Life, work and particularly other people, especially other people that we work with can often make life, seem like it is a living hell.
It’s true. Sometimes people are a$$h*les…and sometimes (at least for a period of time) we are trapped in relationships or situations. We’re stuck with them in a certain environment until we can make a change.
This blog isn’t about getting out of those bad situations (we definitely address that elsewhere! Today, we’re discussing the question…is there any way to make a bad situation better?
Also, what we’re going to talk about in this blog post is how are we actually, sometimes, without even knowing it, secretly making the situation way worse than it actually is…
I’m wanting to get more, a little more technical with you here because we’re getting down to this tricky area of what is actually happening when we are facing a difficult situation that involves other people.
We know on the personal spiritual growth path that we shouldn’t be victims, that we’re, you know (new-age cliches aside), creating our own reality.
But when it comes in the moment when $h!+ really hits the fan and you’ve got people at work who are up in your face, people, friends, or coworkers who seem to be criticizing you, I know you feel overwhelmed. It feels like people are attacking you and sometimes they are!
There are things that are happening, not just on the surface, but actually sometimes unbeknownst to us, things that are happening in our inner world that are actually part of the real problem.
So our job is to really get free from those. I want you to think about what would it be like to sometimes stay in the same crappy situation, but actually feel unaffected and joyful on the inside.
That’s what we’re going to walk you through below…
I’ve thought about different titles for this blog post, essentially we could call this challenges versus suffering. Because challenges do not have to equal suffering! Read on!