Is Life a Classroom?

     I have asked myself many times what is my purpose in life? And still, I do not really know. I believe that I should be learning something. Is life trying to teach me something and I am failing to understand? It makes me think that I have been in a classroom my entire life.
     Life is easy when nothing goes wrong. However, when problems arise they need to be solved. It seems to me that life is challenging me by putting one obstacle after another on my path. A lesson to be learned for each obstacle. A problem is like a weight being put on my shoulders to solve in order for me to grow stronger. So I was thinking if I was born into unlimited wealth the only thing that I would probably be learning is that everything has a price. I think life is much more than having a lot of money. I think life's spiritual nature equals its physical nature and there is much more there than our eyes can see.
     I do wish my life to an easy and happy one but I do not think that life was meant to give me endless pleasure. Life puts us through tests and once we learn a lesson another problem arises that we must solve. Life is about growth. It wants us to grow strong mentally, physically and spiritually. It puts challenges in front of us in order for us to solve it and learn something from it. And when we reach the end of our life, the classroom learning will be over and it will be time for us to go home. 
          

My Favorite Things

     I was thinking about the Mary Poppins song, "My Favorite Things".
She sings, "When the dog bites, When the bee stings, When I feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad." This is a very good idea. When we have a hurtful experience, we can try to lessen the hurt by thinking about something that makes us feel good. Why prolonged the sadness if we don't have to.
     Your favorite things can be anything you want it to be. Think about the things that make you happy. There is so much sadness in the world that we should take a little time for ourselves and think about the things that make us smile. Whatever we think about is how we feel, so I say let's think about our favorite things so as to feel better and hurt less.

The Undeniable Truths

     People have many truths and opinions based upon their own way of looking at things. Our views are influenced by the way we were taught. These types of views can change throughout our lives. What we thought was true when we were young is different from what we know now. Our beliefs can change however there are some truths that are undeniable and cannot change. Like that we all need shelter, food, and water. We need good health, clothing, and a safe place to live. We need the opportunity to be who we were meant to be. We need happiness over sadness, love over hate, and peace over violence.
      Some truths can change but the undeniable truths cannot. They are true to every one of us. We need them to live and achieve some sort of happiness in our lives. I was thinking that instead of looking at our differences, we could concentrate on what unites us as one people. We could work together in giving everyone what they need to live. We could develop some sort of tunnel vision and look pass our national boundaries, religion, and prejudices and help everyone to attain their basic needs. If we look at the undeniable truths that unite us and help each other to attain them, I think our world would be a better place to live.