Interferences happen. Even the best laid plans may have to be canned as life, nature, and even death may interfere. Learn to flow with life, with what comes. Allow each day to have its moments of ease and loosening, to bring you something new, something special, an unforeseen surprise. In this manner will you learn that the unexpected is often more significant than all the best laid plans. Plan instead to be free flowing. Even as you make your plans for a perfect life, accept that imperfections are also part of the larger unplanned plan. Let the randomness of nature into your life, to be part of it all.

Beyond today lies tomorrow and beyond tomorrow lies another day. But it is best to stay focused on this day alone, to remain consciously present rather than project ahead to what “may” happen. For in constantly thinking and planning about that which does not exist you are bound to miss out on opportunities that will arise in the present. Remain present in each moment so that you will be granted all that comes to meet you on your path. Turn the mind to awareness of now as you go through your day. Now is all that matters. There are too many things in the world that can happen to change outcomes and if all you do it focus on outcome you will miss the grand unfolding of your life in action, in the now.

Even while one is deeply working through personal issues one must maintain greater awareness of the world and what is happening outside the self, for all is a reflection, and the issues of the self are simultaneously being played out on the world stage. A warrior knows this. A warrior does not ignore or turn from the world, but uses it to great advantage. A warrior finds the self in everything and everyone, and thus realizes that no one is special nor exceptional nor in deeper conflict than another but all are equal. Thus a warrior learns compassion through deep work and conscious realization that all beings are one energy and on the same journey, seeking wholeness in the confines of this world and their human form, equally inhibited and equally granted all they need.

Don’t take everything so personally. That which bothers you so much is merely a lesson, and your challenge is to determine the deeper meaning for you specifically. Some lessons are helpful, others are warnings, others are directly related to choices being made. Perhaps the lesson is compassion for self and other, for the struggles that all must encounter in life. Perhaps the lesson is an awakening to your true reality. Perhaps the lesson is a wakeup call to change. Perhaps the lesson is a much needed change of heart and change of direction.

When you project your feelings, thoughts, emotions, likes and dislikes onto another person, you refuse a part of yourself and part of your unfolding journey and the lessons that are specifically yours to encounter. A warrior refuses nothing, but a warrior examines everything objectively. A warrior makes choices that are responsible, mature, and growth-oriented. A warrior knows that everything encountered in life is part of the bigger picture, part of the journey to wholeness.

Refuse nothing, study everything, and choose wisely. Seek deeper meaning. And with compassion for self and other, love your challenges, for they are your salvation.