Learning to Trust Life: What I Would Tell My Younger Self

26 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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In this reflective monologue, the speaker addresses her younger self, offering the central piece of advice that life is ultimately trustworthy and purposeful. She explains that she once lacked this trust, but now understands that suffering and challenges are gifts meant to foster personal growth. By framing painful events—whether a car accident or missed opportunities—as part of a larger, benevolent plan, she shifts the narrative from "why is this happening to me?" to "why is this happening for me?" She emphasizes that we are co‑creators of our experiences, and that embracing this perspective is essential for moving forward. The speaker acknowledges that fully embodying this mindset is an ongoing practice, but she now carries the awareness that every event serves her development.

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But what I would say to her is, it's all going to be okay. You know, the one thing I didn't know back then, and I didn't trust life, and life always has a grand plan for us, and that suffering is often our greatest gift. And when we can see, okay, something hurts right now, in the future, we know something good is coming. We know it's here to teach us something. It's always taking us away from something, you know, whether you were meant to be going somewhere and then all of a sudden there's a car accident on the road, but someone called you so you missed it. You know, the universe is always weaving something for us. Or maybe you're meant to be there and you're meant to be in a car accident. I believe that everything is happening for us, not to us. And the sooner we can all accept that everything is for me and that I am actually creating these experiences, experiences for my growth, as opposed to why is this happening to me? That is the greatest advice I wish I had then versus now. And I'm still, I'm still trying to embody that one. But at least now I have that awareness of this is for me.