Blessings in Hindsight

When life becomes challenging, we move through it the best we can. If we are fortunate and disciplined, we can maintain our spiritual practices and nurture our spiritual path. But there are times when that doesn’t seem possible for us.

There are times when we can’t see our blessings. Sometimes we are immersed in the current challenge and unable to see the benefits. The current moment and our spiritual, emotional, and material state may block our ability to see anything other than hardship.

But then we move past the current challenge. Our lives settle a little. We get back into the flow of our spiritual practices. Our vision clears. And we can see our blessings in hindsight.

We can see how a past rejection was protection and redirection. The situation that we once dreaded became the blessing that changed our lives. Or maybe a relationship flourished in an unexpected situation.

The situations in our lives change and move forward. The things that seemed like challenges, the situations that seemed to be out of balance or life changing, were just that. In the moment we can get immersed in the suffering, or the current emotion, and lose sight of the bigger picture of our lives.

Sometimes it takes looking back to see the blessings that lined up in just the right way. The prayers answered. Each blessing was a piece of the puzzle that helped us move through our challenges. The affirmations that were realized. Even the simplest thing, the weird guidance, worked out for us.

We can be guided to do something seemingly inconsequential, and in hindsight it becomes clear that it was preparation. The growth that allowed us to be open to receive. That small shift that aligns with the current moment and allows it to be what it is meant for us. A blessing.

In hindsight the blessings become clearer. Once we’ve moved through the challenges, processed, and healed, what once felt challenging may become a great blessing. And a new perspective on our life.

Sometimes hindsight helps us see our blessings. When we are acting from our spiritual guidance, and aligned with the path that spirit has for us, it is all working out. Even when it doesn’t seem like it while we are moving through it.

There is value in looking back on our lives for the purposes of learning, reflecting, growing. Looking back can also help us see how it all lined up to provide what we needed to move forward. Each little thing comes together to bring us what we needed to get where we are now.

We have survived it all. Overcome life’s biggest challenges. Thanks to hindsight, we can also see the blessings that brought us here, to this moment.

In Gratitude.

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I’m grateful you’re here. I love you.

Be well, beautiful soul and human,

Nikki