Along with this belief of mine, comes another belief that each and every person walking around this planet is at a different level in their own soul journey. If we all have a completely unique soul plan, filled with circumstances, experiences, limitations, blessings, emotions, etc. that are all shaping who we are, doesn't it make sense that we would all be in different places of those lessons as well? A unique place in your unique life. Some of us choosing to face certain lessons, some of us running. Some of us pushing through our circumstances because it makes us stronger. Some of us spending our entire lifetime thinking we are learning but in actuality we are numbing ourselves from the gifts a challenge can bring. To each their own. Their own experience, their own path filled with their own lessons, hand crafted by the universe to bring you what you need most. Completely unique to your soul, giving you gifts and hits that no one will ever understand like you do.
Have you judged someones circumstances lately? Have you invalidated the lessons and challenges their soul has vowed to go through in this life because their life looks way different from yours? I'll be honest, I did just today. I caught myself labeling someone as shallow because the challenges I have to endure and learn from aren't relevant in their life. But why would someone having different circumstances than me make them less than me? Why would someones blessings invalidate their hardships just because I don't get to experience a blessing quite like theirs? Why would someones unique lifestyle and circumstances make their experience any less meaningful to their soul than mine? I asked myself these hard questions and because of that I had an epiphany. We are all completely different. On the inside of our body: the parts of us that make us who we are, our soul, our heart, our essence. On the outside: our body, our style, the way that we live and express ourselves. That's what makes us so beautiful, the fact that not one of us is like the other. We can all learn a different perspective of life by realizing this, that we are all connected by being completely, 100 percent different from one another. What makes us different connects us because what one person experiences can teach you something about what you don't get to experience. Some of us don't have to worry about money in the way that others do. Some people weren't meant to have that as a challenge in this life because perhaps their soul has dedicated this life to learning generosity, emotional awareness, or overcoming trauma that doesn't have to do with money. Maybe some of our souls have dedicated this life to experiencing loss in all corners of life, including emotional trauma AND financial instability. Perhaps some of us have dedicated this life to not having a deficit in either of those areas but learning how to fulfill yourself with something more than just money and an easy circumstantial life. Maybe some of us have to dig deeper to find that happiness because we KNOW that money or simplicity won't fulfill our souls work. Perhaps that person I judged so harshly for having no worries actually had some very troubling aspects to their life experience that I can't understand because that aspect comes easy to ME! Have you ever thought of that? Perhaps people who have large amounts of money and lucky circumstances think that I have it good because I have learned how to turn my challenges into wisdom, learning certain things that have given me my very own blessings. We all have different circumstances, deficits, and blessings because we all have different lessons and challenges because we. all. have. different. souls. We have endured things different from anyone else. We have been in lives where we were not so fortunate, and others where we were amongst the most fortunate of all. Some of us need to learn what it's like to decide to become independent while others need to learn what it's like to have no choice, and others need to learn what it's like to never even experience independence. Or love. Or honesty. Or freedom.
My long and twisted point is that we don't know. We just don't know why some peoples' souls have to learn by certain experiences. We just don't know what they're learning or why it has to be in the way that it is. All we know is what our life is like and that it's unique in it's own ways. So I'm asking you something very important: will you allow the differences in the way we all experience life hinder you? Will you allow all the different perspectives of life that exist close you in a box where you only see from yours? Will you allow your singular view of a soul's path and the lessons they learn along the way dictate who you chose to connect to and who you chose to reject? Will you allow your narrow view of just one soul in existence here on earth put space between you and those you could actually learn a lot from? When you cease to judge the unique life experiences of those around you, you automatically open a door to learn more than just your own lesson. You open the door to understanding the circumstances and lessons of all the different people you meet each and every day. You widen your perspective on life, and you allow yourself to receive experience and wisdom from the experiences of others. That is truly profound and probably one of the greatest ways you could possibly live out your existence.
So let me ask you, one more time. Have you judged or invalidated any one's life experience by the circumstances in which they are learning in? Or will you decide to make the choice to learn side by side, love side by side, and experience the fullest life you could possibly live? Because that is your choice. Judgment or empathy.. you decide.
