There Are No Difficulties In Life
- olivierbranford
- Dec 26, 2024
- 6 min read
Updated: Jan 25
You might say in response to the title of this article "Hey, whaaat? Of course there are difficulties! The whole world is in chaos and there are conflicts everywhere. There is so much hatred. How will I survive all my challenges?"
It's ok. All is well. All shall be well. Yes that's right: There are no difficulties in life. If the Universe has sent you what could be perceived as challenges (they are not even challenges I promise you), then it's simply to redirect the course of your life so that you become who you were meant to be.
There are no difficulties in life
Instead of viewing 'difficulties' as things to avoid, view them as useful stepping-stones in your journey towards being your best, truest Self: Your soul. In this way, they are no longer things that get in the way of your progress. They are things that help you to keep moving forward. Your problems are precisely as bad as you think: So think positively and the 'problems' disappear. For my article on loving your fate click on this call to action button:
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You will always get back up again. Your soul knows this.
This is how to calm your anxiety:
You don't need to fix you. You simply need to outgrow your problems. Your only challenge is that you have forgotten who you are. Your only work is an act of remembrance. Yes, you will inevitably need to go through a 'Dark Night of The Soul.' But you will get through it. Similarly, you may need to walk through the fire, but you will emerge unburned and unscathed. You are an infinitely and ultimately powerful child of God. Do you need some guidance? This is no less than a Hero's Journey. Storms come to clear your path. You are not a victim, you are a victor. Make peace with your past.
God sends his toughest challenges to his toughest soldiers. God never sends you a challenge that you can't handle. You can deal with any 'adversity'. Yes, but how do you handle it?
Don't try to evade 'adversity': You can't. Don't try to run away from it: You can't, because wherever you go, it will still be there. Instead, meet it calmly and courageously. Respond, if you actually even need to: Never react.
Weigh up your 'challenges', get a measure of them, understand them, and through this understanding, clarity, and wisdom, you can ALWAYS overcome them.
Each difficulty overcome helps build your courage and wisdom, giving you an added advantage when the next 'difficulty' comes along.
There is no final refuge anywhere other than in understanding, clarity, and wisdom.
Believe in your Self and all that you are, know that there is something inside you that is bigger than any obstacle. As Albert Camus wrote "In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realised, through it all, that…In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back."
If someone hates you, it's either because they love you and can't have you in their life, or that they want to be you but they can't. I have met sooo many people like this. There is a plethora of these people.
If someone resents you, it's because they haven't dealt with their own fears and how their reaction to their fears have contributed to the outcomes for their life . It definitely takes two to tango. You can't tango alone.
If someone wants something from you it's because they haven't done the necessary inner work and realised that they are enough and that nothing external to them can EVER bring them joy.
Take strength, for it is all so clear and simple, once you have understanding and wisdom. You have no reason to give in. Ever! You are an innocent child of God. Your wisdom will conquer all.
In Proverbs (17:20) it states that “A person of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity”; in Titus (1:15) it says “To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.” Bless the souls of those who want to hurt you, as Ram Dass says, it must be so difficult to live within a soul that wants to hurt anyone.
You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-eading the last one. Stop fighting the world. Let the toxic, dead leaves drop... Fuck them!
Namaste.
Olly
Dr Olly Alexander Branford MBBS, MA(Cantab), PhD.
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