Finding Strength: Embracing the Hidden Gifts in a Life Crisis

Dear Soul,

We often use the expression ‘opportunity of a lifetime’ to encourage ourselves to make the most of those once-in-a-lifetime-moments-of-opportunity that sometimes present themselves in life if we're so fortunate.

However, what about those once-in-a-lifetime-crises that also present themselves? Are we meant to simply battle against these moments as we try to outrun the pain and suffering they can leave behind? Or are we meant to make the most of our life crises as well, perhaps digging a little deeper to find the hidden gifts and opportunities presented in those ‘not so pleasant’ experiences in life?

Whether it be a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity or a once-in-a-lifetime-crisis, both can potentially provide healing, learning and growth if we learn to approach them from a Soul-based perspective.

Fill Yourself With Love

When dealing with a life crisis, be it a job loss, divorce, illness, trauma, the loss of a loved one, or any other situation or experience that causes us hurt, worry, suffering, or pain, the first step we need to take is to fill ourself with Love.

When we get caught up in a crisis we can find ourselves moving into a place of fear, losing our grounding and centredness in the process. Remembering to bring love to ourself and the situation, to fill ourself up with love from the inside out, helps remedy this.

If life is challenging, remember to reground yourself within your physical being and reconnect with your higher Soul Self. The best way to do this is to breathe deeply and fill yourself with love from above and below. Remind yourself to love yourself more, to know that you are loved by Spirit, and to remind yourself that the source of all love is right there within you. Take time each day to breathe deeply and reconnect with the earth, your heart space, and your Soul. Feel the love within you and feel the love of your Higher Self flowing down through you into the Earth. Fill yourself up with love and let its healing energy ground you, anchor you, and soothe you.

Accept What Is

The second step in dealing with a life crisis is learning to accept what is.

Whatever our life crisis, no matter how terrible or bad it may appear to be, what is ‘is’. The sooner we can accept the fact that it has happened, the sooner we can stop fighting with it and adding to our own suffering.

When we resist what is, we fight with the flow of life. We keep a hold of the very thing we want to move away from. The more we resist it, the more we hold its energy firmly in place in our lives, and the longer we remain in the suffering.

It feels counter intuitive, as we often assume if we accept something then we're condoning it and giving it permission to remain firmly in place in our reality. However, the opposite is true.

When we learn to accept what is, we stop resisting it and focusing on it, and this enables the energy to start shifting and clear. When we move out of resistance and into acceptance, we allow the energy of the crisis to flow wherever it is that life needs it to flow, such that things can move forward more easily. In ‘accepting what is’ we actually enable the energy to pass more quickly, rather than keeping it stuck in place and causing us to suffer longer.

Which brings us to the third step in uncovering the hidden gifts in our life crisis….

Look To Find The Hidden Gifts

We are living in a dimension in which everything happens for a reason, as a consequence of the universal law of cause and effect. Nothing occurs by chance. Crises included.

Everything we encounter occurs within our reality as part of our Soul's experience for our evolution and growth. In this sense, there are always hidden gifts to be found within the challenges we experience. Hidden gifts, blessings, lessons to be learned, qualities to be received, as we align with the light of our Divine Self and uncover the more of us through the challenges we find ourself in. Especially when find ourself in the depths of a life crisis... be that a health crisis, relationship crisis, career crisis, financial crisis... every situation we find ourself in is always offering us an opportunity to reconnect with the heart of our Being, to tap into the light within us, to discover more of who and what we truly are, and to evolve in ways that we become a greater version of our Soul Self.

While it may be difficult to do while we're in the throes of an actual life crisis, it's always beneficial to take some time whenever we feel able, to reflect on what the situation might be offering us in terms of hidden opportunities for us to heal... to learn... to grow... and ultimately to evolve in terms of our consciousness.

Rewrite Your Stories

When we’re in crisis we inevitably start telling ourselves stories about our crisis, ourselves, the world around us, and what we fear will happen next. Whether these stories are positive or negative, expansive or limiting, is up to us. But any story that's negative or limiting in its nature will only serve to worsen our own suffering and extend our crisis.

It's our stories that add to the drama of what’s happening in our lives, generating further illusions that can then manifest because we believe them to be true. Working our way through our stories and understanding the truth or falsehood of them, helps us to take back our inner power in the situation and reclaim our wholeness and greater magnificence, regardless of what is or isn’t happening around us.

Whether it be a story about how our life will be over, that no one will love us, that we'll be left homeless, that life is a struggle, or that life has lost all meaning, these are all simply stories we tell ourselves that do nothing to help our situation. And more often than not, they simply aren't true.

No matter what our situation, every crisis offers us the opportunity for us to become more aware of the stories we’ve been telling ourself, and to choose different stories that expand our life and remind us to appreciate the beauty and joy within us, even if times might appear challenging. If we can learn to write ourselves more positive new stories, whilst filling ourselves up with love and letting go of any resistance to whatever is happening, then we will be transforming our life crises into life opportunities. Then we will be guaranteed to uncover the priceless gems hidden beneath the surface, appreciating them for their beauty and power as they light the way forward for us to enjoy even greater health, wealth and happiness on all levels of our being.

With fierce love, radiant joy, heartfelt compassion, infinite curiosity, and unwavering truth,

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