Life’s Assignment – Why are we here?

I think this question has been with me for as long as I can remember but it is really in the last 10 years that I have given it the attention it deserves, partly due to life offering me invitation and invitation to explore this more deeply.

I will undoubtedly write many more post about what I have discovered along the way but this list of 10 points was something I stumbled across many years ago as I was starting my exploration and it felt so true.  It became the first piece of wisdom that I stuck on my fridge and one that still to this day captures even the most casual of passer-by.

Here Is Your Assignment…

1. You Will Receive a Body

You may like it or not, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.

2. You Will Learn Lessons

You are enrolled in a fulltime informal school called life. Each day in this school you will be given opportunities to learn lessons. You may like the lesson, or you may think it irrelevant and stupid.

3. There Are No Mistakes; Only Lessons

Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The ‘failed’ experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultiately work.

4. A Lesson Is Repeated Until It Is Learned

A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it, then you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning Lessons Does Not End

There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

6. “There” Is No Better Than “Here”

When your “there” has become “here”, you will obtain another “there” that will seem better than “here”.

7. Others Are Merely Mirrors Of You

You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What You Make Of Your Life Is Up To You

You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. The Answers Lay Inside You

The answers to life’s questions lay inside you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

10. Whether You Think You Can Or Can’t, Either Way You’ll Be Right.

More from my fridge to come!