What is your life trying to teach you right now?

Here in New York, the smell of Fall is in the air. The feeling of this time always reminds me of going back to school.

Even though it’s been a long time since I received my college degree, I see every day as a chance to get “back to school” and learn something that life is trying to teach me.

I had many different lessons this summer.

I recently returned from a spiritual retreat in Chile with my teacher, Dr. Dario Salas Sommer, that I am still processing internally. It was an incredible experience. It was my fifth time at this retreat, and every time that I attend,  I feel like I live one year of experience in the space of one week of time.

More to come on that later.

I also just discovered remnants of an old mental and emotional program that was keeping me from taking action towards one of my personal goals. I write about it in my previous blog post, Healing the Memory of the Heart with the Light of Consciousness.

I learned that a current obstacle I was facing with writing a book proposal was really caused by painful memory of a rejection letter I had received for a play I had written over 10 years ago. The unconscious fear of feeling that same sense of rejection was causing me to procrastinate in the writing of a book proposal.

Wow.

And once I could see this clearly, with consciousness, writing the book proposal didn’t seem so daunting at all.

Amazing, how we make mountains out of molehills with our minds.

Over time, I have learned that behind everything this is holding you back is an opportunity to learn something about yourself, if you are willing to look at the issue (and yourself) with enough awareness, patience, honesty and humility.

What problems, challenges, or frustrations are going on in your life right now?

Life is always trying to teach you something through your daily experiences, challenges, and frustrations. Something that can help you get closer to living your highest purpose.

Do you know what your life is trying to teach you right now through the current challenges you are facing?

Have you defined your life’s purpose? (Sign up for my mailing list if you would like some help with that…)

If so, are you taking practical steps towards living in alignment with your purpose?

Are you facing any obstacles that are standing in your way?

If so, what can you learn from these obstacles?

What is your life trying to teach you?

Let me know what your current obstacles are, and what you think your life is trying to teach you in the comments below.

And let me know if there is any way I can help.