Dressing the experience
We make plans. Sometimes they work out and at other times, the universe takes a look and laughs, sending us a different gift.
Sometimes these gifts are beautifully wrapped and we’re excited to know what’s inside. Sometimes the wrapping is familiar and we feel assured. At other times, the wrapping is unfamiliar, messy and what’s inside is unwanted and undesirable.
I got such a gift 10 years ago when I was told I had cancer.
What I’ve learned over those years is that no matter the wrapping and how unwanted or undesirable the experience, there’s always a gift inside. It’s just life – we get sent things that we don’t want and wish they’d go away but that’s not how it works. They are a reality and somewhere there’s a gift inside, if only we choose to look at it a little differently.
It might be the gift of growth, of evolution, maturity or meaning- helping us make sense of our world in a different way.
I believe that how we dress the experience plays a massive part on how that experience unfolds for us and those around us. When that undesirable, unwanted package lands on our doorstep we have the power, right then, to decide how we’re going to walk through, view and feel that experience.
Deciding how we’re going to approach and respond to the experience in advance of it unfolding creates strong mental and emotional stances that will direct and determine how we move through the experience and emerge from it on the other side. Always with the intention of knowing that you are able to deal with and triumph over what may lie ahead of you.
Be open to help and support and I believe the universe will guide and protect you, supporting you as you begin to experience that golden nugget that is somewhere in all the dirt, mess, tears, fears and anxiety.
By dressing the experience in a way that was going to be powerful, useful, meaningful and positive for me was massive in my recovery, growth, understanding and strength. I felt in more control, had a sense of peace about how the experience was going to unfold – I felt grounded, centred, focused and empowered.
Whether that unwanted gift is illness, betrayal, the loss of something or an event that might make us question our worth, how we dress the experience makes all the difference.