You Have the Power to be Free and Happy

What can you do to prevent the negative situations from controlling you?

Begin by affirming each day that “nothing that will happen today is going to be harmful for me; everything that happens to me today is opening up new opportunities for my spiritual well-being.”

Life is meant to have its ups and downs where the doors of opportunities are ever swinging open and close upon you, where the tides of time thrash you back and forth from the turbulent waters to the shore, and the whirlwinds lift you high only to smack you down hard again. No one is spared of this once you come down on Earth to serve your sentence. It is not the kind of situations that you go through that determine the quality of your life, but how you deal with these that counts; it is your attitude towards life that makes a difference in making or breaking your spirit.

All feelings of pain, grief and sorrow are illusions, aroused by the mind’s incapability of dealing with life-situations with power and optimism. A mind that is strong and centred in hope and optimism will not be fettered by disappointments and sorrows in the midst of adverse situations. Such a one is ever raring to take the situation by its horns and turn it around in his favour, as opposed to those who will simply succumb to their plight plaintively, and expect God to settle all issues for them.

You would do well to refrain from blaming the external factors when things do not go in your favour. There is always a higher and more divine reason for why things happen the way they happen. Hence there is no point in fretting and fuming about it. Your hardships are meant to be dealt with, with peace and love, and not by wrestling against these. When you will look back at a much later stage, you will be thankful for these because you will be in a position to see the significance of it in your life; you will realize that it gave you the experience that you needed to grow strong and tempered; it helped smoothen out the rough edges and moulded you into a fine personality. Difficulties are doorways to spiritual progress so accept them with good cheer and overcome them with the fortitude of your spirit. 

However, this life is not all there is to live for. There is something more meaningful and beautiful beyond this worldly life that will lead you to greater peace and happiness. Therefore look upon your troubles as mere flecks of black clouds that sail in and out of your life; you simply have to be patient and wait till they clear up so that you are once again in the light of the sun. It is encouraging to know that the dark clouds can only block the Light of the sun; they cannot annihilate the sun altogether. This should be reason enough for you to take things in your stride with power and confidence. Know that everything is well with you, and that there is no dearth of happiness and peace in God’s Kingdom as long as you are in sync with the Laws of the Universe.