"To You?"

“To You?”

A couple of weeks ago I heard a talk,

Spiritual in nature

discussing perspectives and such.

Then he asked a question.

How many of you

think life is happening "to you?"

Is that your standard mindset,

that life happens "to you?"

What I want you to consider is

does life happen "for you!"

What if you change your perspective

and look at every single thing

that happens

is something that is "for you."

What does that shift

of perspective bring you?

You know there were so very many times

I thought life was happening "to me."

No matter what happened,

it was because of something out there.

Many of you know I lost my first wife

suddenly and very unexpectedly

and was devastated by my grief.

My big shift came

when I saw things

from a different angle.

When I allowed myself

to entertain thoughts

of what if all this

is happening "for me?"

What if all

of this

was "for me?!"

I woke up one night

after seeing my wife:

I knew she was ok.

Yup, there she was over me,

floated down and kissed me,

I felt it!

Then, poof, she was gone.

I was still a mess though,

even actually thought
I was going crazy

after that.

A few weeks later

I'm walking and surrendering

everything to God.

“That's it!

You can take me now!

If this is all there is for me,

it's not working!"

At that moment

I had this experience.

The chat with God

and then all I saw

was pure Love all around,

I felt it,

saw Love in everything
I looked at,

everywhere.

As my Hospice counselor and I

explored this

over hours and hours of discussion

I came to realize her death

brought me a great gift.

A gift wrapped in a tragedy

that I had to experience

to awaken to my true Spiritual nature.

From this new perspective,

I saw that even her death was

"for me."

I had to have this experience

to unleash my Spiritual nature

that lied buried so deep

within me.

I came to realize

it wasn't life was "for me"

in the good and happy times

and happening "to me"

when things were off,

or not going well.

These were lessons

I was learning something from

couched in pain,

disappointment, or sorrow

they were life lessons.

They were "for me,"

assisting my growth,

my Spiritual growth.

So now I ask you

is life happening "to you"

or "for you?"

I hope you ponder this.

A simple change in perspective,

a shift in the focus

of how you view life

and how it happens "for you"

can dramatically change

how you see

your very own life.

How your life takes on

a very different meaning

when you realize everything is

"For You!"

All My Love Always, Keith