One of my favorite readings from a little book I often read to my yoga students was titled "Difficult people help us to grow" by Pema Chodron in Pocket Pema. This is a story about a spiritual teacher who lived in the 20th century and had a following of students who studied under him, He had one particular student who angered the whole town. One day the teacher gave the students a meaningless task of cutting all the lawn up into little chunks leaving the lawn black dirt. This was too much for the student who angered everyone and so he took off. Everyone cheered, but when the teacher learned of this he went looking for him.
A few days later the teacher returned with the student, and later the students asked the teacher why he brought him back. The teacher replied; "I pay him to stay here"!.
I have had similar experiences such as this, including a recent one where a person I barely knew came down to California to be mentored by me (parked next door)and within a short period of time I was punted for following her instructions to be very honest with her. When this happened I felt upset. I wondered how this turned out the way it did. It was and remains an awkward situation. I did a lot of soul searching, and discovered I had been oblivious toward my own truth.
My deeper self created this situation, and even though I was surprised, this doesn't effect who I am! My life unfolds according to what is best and most evolutionary for me. I know the universe has my back and when I make a decision the universe works around it for my highest good. Whatever happens today I am safe. That is why I am grateful for all situations, even when I feel confused about it in the moment. All is well again!
May I be an instrument of source peace.
Cindy
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