First, I want to say Thank You to a good friend who inspired me to write this.  You know who you are!  Thanks!  Hopefull this will be able to help someone else.

(It’s)... very difficult for those of us who ARE (in tune with our true/higher selves) to stay grounded sometimes, as we seem to find ourselves adrift in a sea of anguish and frustration when the difficult things in our lives arise to test us.  I believe that all souls are given challenges equal to their level of development...kind of like in school...as you progress, the tests become equally more difficult because we are supposed to apply that which we’ve already learned as well as the new information we are learning in order to progress to the next stage. As we become more aware of the true nature of reality, and more importantly our place in it, we get frustrated when things don’t seem to be going our way.  We say..." why is this so difficult...I KNOW that I’m going to get through this, but WHY CAN’T I SEE THROUGH IT TO THE OUTCOME FROM WHERE I’M CURRENTLY STANDINDG?!?"  We forget that we are still students, still taking the test, as it were, and that our test is much more difficult (respectively) due to where we’ve progressed.  It’s easier to help those who maybe haven’t reached the stage where we currently find ourselves, because we’ve been there before. But when it comes time to help ourselves, we FORGET that these are challenges that We Haven’t progressed beyond, and as a result get angry, depressed, confused, etc... we think...I’m so good at helping others...so why cant I help  myself?

Sometimes when we find ourselves in those darkest of places in our lives, it’s tough to see our way out of them.  It’s difficult to accept consolation or support sometimes because we think..."Yea, you say you understand what I’m going through, but there’s no way in hell that you could!" We don’t want their advice, don’t want to hear them tell us how they see the situation...don’t want their opinion on how to get through it. It will just piss us off...Maybe you aren’t ready to get through it or don’t want to do what it takes.  Sometime it’s just easier to wallow in depression because... it’s the beast we think we KNOW. Behind that mask could be a MONSTER we don’t want to face! So we tune out, refuse to hear what people have to say, and just continue our lives in a state of depression and hurt.  Interestingly enough, the best help sometimes comes from a place we least expect it. A co-worker, a friend of a friend, a teacher...someone who we don’t expect to know or notice that we’re suffering. We don’t have our guard up around them because we don’t think they have the slightest clue whats going on in our lives. Maybe it’s just a word of comfort or and expression of genuine empathy, and suddenly we’re spilling our guts or seeing things clearly, and before we know it, the weight on our shoulders has become just a bit more tolerable.

The point is this.  There really is nothing that we can’t get through in this dream/play/game we call life. We’ve scripted this for a reason. It’s supposed to be tough, but there are those in our lives RIGHT NOW who are there for a reason, waiting for their cue to step onto our stage and lighten the load a little.  Don’t be afraid to reamain open and receptive, even if just a little bit.  Remember that we are eternal/imortal/never truly cease to exist, and you WILL eventually get through this. There maybe someone in your (immediate or aquaintance) life right now who has been there and is ready to help...even if THEY don’t know it yet. Try to keep in mind that life is SUPPOSED to be difficult...but it’s NEVER IMPOSSIBLE, and there are those around us simply waiting for their cue.