Life’s Gains and Losses Are Not Always About Us

Lessons are sometimes dispensed by Life for others who need the most help or the most discernment

A pleasant scenery like this at Hemsworth Water Park is where creative people could drink in the beauty of nature and nurture their creative juices to start flowing copiously. Photo by the author.

When something out of the ordinary happens in our life, most of us would likely take it as something very personal. It happened to us, so it’s personal, right?

I used to think that way, but I learned a lot throughout my long, eventful life.

Challenges in life that we meet along the way are meant to make us stronger, more resilient. They bring out the best in us; they allow us to explore other opportunities out there for the taking.

They push us to better what we assume is our best.

The same with gaining something in life. There are lessons to be learned when rewarded with good blessings.

Let’s say you win big-time in the lottery. Perhaps you’d share the winnings with people close to you, or make a sizeable donation to a charity after your heart.

Maybe you’d choose to give up the job you dislike, and devote your time as unpaid volunteer in an animal shelter now that money is no longer a concern.

The opposite of this good-tidings spectrum is the bad one — let’s say, you left your high-end mobile phone in a cab. This would not be…