Bad things happening.
My instinctual response is anger and fear. Nearsighted. Thinking only of how difficult it is right now and how upsetting it is to not have things not going how I hoped they would. So I seek the easier path of comfort. Sadness about a chaotic world is what lies at the end of this response.
My meditated response is love and excitement. Farsighted. Thinking instead of the benefit I will receive from these trials. I seek a harder life. The price of knowledge and learning isn’t free or everyone would be wise. You have to pay, sometimes dearly, but happiness about a peaceful self lies at the end of this response.
Notice in both cases you will suffer, but the one that considers the end leads a better life. All of the Devil’s work in the end will only serve God.
My meditated response is love and excitement. Farsighted. Thinking instead of the benefit I will receive from these trials. I seek a harder life. The price of knowledge and learning isn’t free or everyone would be wise. You have to pay, sometimes dearly, but happiness about a peaceful self lies at the end of this response.
Notice in both cases you will suffer, but the one that considers the end leads a better life. All of the Devil’s work in the end will only serve God.
