A beautiful thought I think was written by the Sufi poet Rumi; or possibly it was my college roomie Bernie who said lots of cool stuff between classes and shifts at the Arthur Treacher’s Fish and Chips in Santa Monica. It’s hard to remember as I went to college in the late sixties and things are a bit muddled.
But whoever or whomever (?) said it, it tells us “our most painful experiences, our deepest wounds, can be the very places where we are most open to receiving insight, growth and profound understanding, allowing us a light that illuminates our life and guides us toward healing and deeper meaning.”
So the next time you slice your palm open while cutting a bagel, suck it up, let in the light and learn to saw with the sharp end of the knife facing away from you. Don’t you feel smarter already?
Sharing these Life Lessons with a bunch of Dumbos (present company excepted, of course), gives my life purpose! Do you think anyone would pay for these?
I’ve got thousands of them!