I truly believe we are all simply trying to do our best.

The deeper question is though; are you trying to do your best to survive in this life or are you actually doing your best to thrive in YOUR life!!!

Didn’t we all come here into this human experience to grow as human beings and evolve on a Soul level? I absolutely believe this to be true! I also believe some people didn’t get the same memo that I did 🙂

The human experience is not easy. It appears to be full of so much suffering. Just look around you and you will find humans struggling & suffering in so many different ways. Something we need to understand though is that this life experience is not meant to be easy – yet we are also not meant to suffer. We are meant to learn, grow , evolve & thrive! Your Soul knows this truth.

Think about different subject you took in school – some lessons were easy and you passed with flying colors and some were not so easy and required you to do your best to understand and learn more. This analogy mirrors life in general. This human experience is our “Earth scho0l”**

If there is one thing over the last few years that I have come to understand as an absolute truth… is that I have no control over anyone outside of myself. If I want to thrive in this lifetime – I need to learn how to navigate my human selves through the many different obstacles life will throw me. If I am simply just doing my best everyday to survive this life…then I am completely missing out on the point of coming into this human experience.

I want to thrive and if I decide I am going to do my best to thrive in this life – then my whole perspective changes. I make better choices for myself and honestly I see this whole world differently then most people do.

Which perspective do you want see the world through and essentially live through? The perspective of surviving or the perspective of thriving? The choice is yours.

I had a fabulous role model in my dad. I learned from him by the way he lived his life, that we all have choices. I am so thankful for his presence in my life. I have many fond memories of my Dad and all of his “dadisms” and attempts at humor, however one that has always stuck with me is…

“You might as well enjoy your life because you’re never getting out alive!” 

Stop for a moment and think about that.
It’s so true! 
My dad didn’t of course (like all humans) get out alive yet he definitely thrived in his life, enjoying it to the fullest. Regardless of the many struggles and obstacles on his life journey, he learned many lessons and always seemed to handle them with a smile on his face. My Dad didn’t have the most perfect life but he always did his best and if there was one thing I know for sure – his attention was always on thriving, even though some days it may have felt like he was barely surviving. Even in his most painful last few months of life battling leukemia he made everyone around him smile. The nurses would tell him how much they loved the morning’s he was coming in for his chemo treatments because in the midst of what is most people’s worst nightmare Dad cracked jokes and made all his fellow chemo receivers smile.

I don’t know about you – but in my books – that is thriving! 
Take some time today and ponder those wise words from my Dad…then go out and do your best to thrive in this human experience you have been blessed to live!
I’ll end with this beautiful quote by **Gary Zukav – who coined the phrase “Earth school”
“Within the Earth school, lessons come in two forms; those rooted in fear and those rooted in love. Fear-based classes, like anger and greed, lead to suffering. Classes based in love, such as joy and gratitude, are paths to fulfillment. When you view your emotions through this lens, every encounter becomes an opportunity for growth. Painful emotions are not punishments but invitations to transform” 
Namaste my friends;
Leslie

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