Enjoy All Your Problems

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Every solution has a problem. You can’t have one without the other. So why do we say that we hate problems? Why do we claim to want a hassle-free existence? When someone is emotionally sick, why do we say, “He’s got problems”?

Deep down, when our wisdom lives, we know that problems are good for us. We are so superstitious about our own problems that we tend to run from them rather than solve them. We have demonised problems to such a degree that they are like monsters that live under the bed. And by not solving them during the day, we tremble over them at night.

Problems are not curses. Problems are simple tough games for the athletes of the mind, and true athletes always long to get a game going. 

“Every problem in your life,” said Richard Bach, author of Illusions, “carries a gift inside it.” He is right. But we have to be thinking that way first, or the gift will never appear. 

In his groundbreaking studies of natural healing, Dr. Andrew Weil suggested that we even regard illness as a gift. He wrote in Spontaneous Healing:

Because illness can be such a powerful stimulus to change, perhaps it is the only thing that can force some people to resolve their deepest conflicts. Successful patients often come to regard it as the greatest opportunity they ever had for personal growth and development-truly a gift. Seeing illness as a misfortune, especially one that is undeserved, May obstruct the healing system. Coming to see the illness as a gift that allows you to grow may unlock it.

If you see your problems as cruses, the motivation you’re looking for in life will be hard to find. If you learn to love the opportunities your problems present, then your motivational energy will rise.

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