ReaderSpeak: Life Lessons, Dark Angels

Some spiritual people believe that we may attract "dark angels" or hard lessons we need to learn in life. 

These are difficult situations or challenges that teach us knowledge we were lacking.  On the surface we may say "Oh, why me?", but in retrospect we realize the challenges were incredible teachers.

So ponder this question for today and respond below. 

My hardest life lesson was ______.

Comments

[Virginia]

I think that for older boomer women, this is indeed a hard lesson. Even if we thought we had shoveled out of our psyches all the old programming, it still lingers. And coupled with the gender and race wage differences, women living longer and lingering (reemerging) work barriers for women, it is a difficult condition--especially if you still hope somewhere in the recesses of your inner self --that you will be rescued.

Thank you for sharing this all too common issue.

[Nancy Mehegan]

Hard lessons: that no man would take care of me -- I had to be independent.

That "real" friends are hard to come by and few (especially in hard times).