One of the greatest gifts of being human is our ability to choose

One of the greatest gifts of being human is our ability to choose. While it may not always seem like life is affording us the option to choose, we always have a choice. Chocolate or vanilla. Right or left. Smile or cry. Give or take.

Focus on the moments when it seems like we don’t have a choice, when situations seem out of our control. In situations when we can’t change the outcome, we can always change how we react to the outcome. In other words, even if the situation is out of our hands, what we do with it is always in our hands.

We can’t control every single thing that happens in our own lives, let alone in the lives around us, or in the world. We understand the laws of cause and effect, that everything has a previous (and usually unseen) cause. So when one has a parent or friend who’s sick, or going through any other kind of challenge, we should keep in mind that sometimes that soul needs to go through its thing and move on.

Regardless of how the process looks or feels, when we are aware and able to see potential gifts of the process, we’re at peace.

First begin shifting your perspective by looking at other people’s situations. As third-party observers, when we look without judgment and without emotion that can often blind us, we can see what’s going on.

After practicing this for a while – looking for the Light/the good/the perfection in someone else’s process – you’ll have a better chance of doing it in your own life.

And when you’re feeling evolved, you can recognize the Light/the good/the perfection before it becomes apparent in your life.

You’ve heard the phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” This is no different. Light is also in the eye of the beholder. Let’s see how much Light you can behold this week.

by rav berg edited by Elana