Snow Melt

Learning what to be thankful for

‘Idál (Justice), 8 Sharaf (Honor), 165 BE – Wednesday, January 7, 2009 about 11:47 AM Pacific Time

Sometimes we don't know what we have to be thankful for until we're without it. I have a car again and something new to put in my gratitude journal everyday. Being without a car is an educational experience. All right, I started to put being without a car is a pain. However, I just realized that the most educational experience I have had were all painful experiences.

I have learned more about myself through painful experiences then any other type of experience. I am grateful for each experience. Pain is a part of life and while medication should be used to relieve certain types of physical pains, we don't need to medicate ourselves against the emotional pain because that is what causes our souls to grow and acquire wings.

Some emotional pain we can avoid simply by being observant and knowing ourselves. However, there is some emotional and spiritual pain we can't avoid no matter how hard we try or how many pills we take. Some pain is simply a part of life, which everyone encounters. It is how we react to these pains that is important and the pains themselves.