life as a classroom

On some level, I think we always already know when we’re hiding out in some domain of life, flinching from a challenge reality has placed before us. The purpose of a question like ‘What’s the life task here?’ is just to haul that knowledge up into the daylight of consciousness, where we can finally do something about it.

In a more cerebral context, if you consciously learn to regard the “problems” in your life as openings for you to adopt a greater understanding and then develop a better way of living, you will step out of the labyrinth of suffering and learn what it means to thrive.

This is life’s way of getting our attention, so that we finally tell ourselves, “Things have got to change. I have got to change.”

Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it.

when we're willing to look for the lessons in our experiences, we'll be able to see that each incident provided us with an opportunity to learn and grow.