Crisis is opportunity

Any problem you perceive or experience, even the worst situations imaginable, actually contains the beginnings of the best possible things that could happen.  You can learn to reframe a crisis as an opportunity. Your point of view determines what seems easy or hard. What becomes far more important is whether you evolve to consider your pursuits to be more satisfying and fulfulling.

Consider entrepreneur Robert Kiyosaki went through a difficult period where bankruptcy initially forced him to live in his car with his wife for six months.  They readily admit that was the toughest period of their lives.  Yet, knowing hardship prompted them to develop new faith in themselves.  It encouraged them to trust their dreams. They swallowed their pride, asked for help, took friends up on an offer to l live in a basement and 9 months later, they were back on their feet. Kiyosaki recreates his version of success as a best-selling author, real estate investor and financial advisor.

Consider a young man had a burning desire to pursue a musical career but was repeatedly told he had no talent.  He came  to suffer from low self-confidence, and didn't initially see everything he labelled as a problem was really a self-created illusion.  He opted to become a pharmacist, but he never let go of his dream.  When new friends encouraged him to enter the 2006 Australian Idol contest, he never anticipated winning. Funny, now Damien Leith's native Ireland wants him back! Athought in the process of becoming an Australian citizen, he does not forget his roots.

Both these men come to see they couldn't get rid of their problems by getting angry or trying to understand how people felt around them.  Instead, they had to step back and see it is up to each of us to notice and correct errors in our own thinking.  Each of these men discover inner power to reframe conditions, to view all experiences as part of learning curves and view every perception is a stepping stone.  In essence, they show us perceived problems are exercises in character-building. 

One big message stands out:  to doubt and discourage is like standing in our own way.  Each of us is invited to appreciate all experience and accept ourselves as we are.  Though we create our own personal versions of external success, inner success is given.  Intrinsic worth is always here.

Comments

[Susan Hanshaw]

I so agree that crisis is always an opportunity. The most challenging crisis I've faced in my life—having my husband leave me abruptly for another woman—was what put me on the path to create the life I treasure today. Holding strong to a belief that whatever is unfolding, as painful as it may seem, is going to lead us to a better place can bring much inner peace.

[Bernard]

Totally agreed. The Chinese phrase for Crisis has the meaning of Opportunity in it.
The difference is how one perceive the situation and identify positive meaning out of it.

[Jannie Funster]

Jim and I haven't gotten to living in a car yet. :) But the new financial beginnings we are now creating for ourselves find me using all the skills I've gleaned from working on and off with his business these 22 years I've been with him.

It's fun trusting myself as a business woman! I DO have the power for my own success.

I really like the idea of evolving to correct our erred thinking. We can avoid or deflect, but the best way to succeed is by surrendering to what improves us. Most times (okay maybe ALL times) it's that change in perception you speak of.

We often make things hard before we make them fulfilling.

And as to an email you recently sent me, I am very much enjoying going backwards chronologically to explore your earlier posts. I wonder when you started blogging, and I guess I'll find out! Each post is like we're visiting in person.

xoox

[Liara Covert]

Susan, what you share here reveals wisdom. Inner peace never actually leaves you. You have to let go of beliefs that keep you from seeing. You remind readers every situation can be viewed through the lens of love or fear. You choose to access an inner source of courage and self-appreciation. As you step back and view every situation through the lens of love, as actually a messenger of love, an invitation to love yourself more, you no longer allow emotions and fear to control you. Its all a stepping stone to freedom that is already here.

[Liara Covert]

Hi Bernard, all words and symbols contain more than one meaning. You only ever notice what you are ready and willing to accept. As you focus attention on unconditional love, then total acceptance and appreciation fill you. You no longer see through self-interested filters. You allow seeing of what is. The truth is heart felt rather than ego mind-driven.

[Liara Covert]

Jannie, this blog emerged into being in 2007. Tthe essence of being always expresses itself in seen and unseen ways. What you are willing to see emerges in your scope of awareness.

As "you" explore posts and notice a deepening connection to universal lessons, a sense of separation or individual identity is slowly fading away. These lessons are the common thread in the intricate web of life. How you perceive, interptet and judge only makes things seem personal. In fact, there is really no "you" or "me." There is no basis for comparison except what you imagine into being. All creatures are equal. Its all energy. Only one being exists. The human experience is a divine creation that allows a deepening of insight, a coming of full circle to what the heart knows. A full and complete acceptance of who you are is here. Imagine that every person you encounter is a version of yourself that is either more or less aware of the truth. Feel invited to integrate and align with all and see no difference.

[M]

The article is great. Thanks for sharing.