| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | face the most challenges, often create the most |
| A young man, with more money than sense, buys | | | | value. When a particular problem arises, it’s |
| the hottest, fastest, most expensive sports car | | | | because you have progressed to the point where |
| available -- a Ferrari GTO -- and takes it out for a | | | | you can deal with it and are ready for where it can |
| spin. He stops at a light, and an old man on a moped | | | | bring you. See obstacles as a gateway, that’s |
| pulls up next to him. "What kind of car yaw' got | | | | their true value. Each new challenge is a |
| there, sonny?" A brand new Ferrari GTO. It cost | | | | stepping-stone to meaningful accomplishment. So, feel |
| a quarter of a million dollars!" "That's a lot of money". | | | | the stiff wind as it blows against your face. You're |
| "Why does it cost so much?" "Because it's the | | | | feeling your rapid movement forward! |
| hottest, fastest car there is - it can do up to 320 | | | | Nature won’t let us stay in any one place too |
| miles per hour!" "Mind if I look inside?" "No problem." | | | | long- just long enough to gather the experience |
| The old man leans into the window as far as he can | | | | necessary for the soul’s unfolding. The |
| and looks around, then sitting back said, "That's | | | | Universe never gives you more than you are capable |
| pretty slick, all right!" | | | | of handling. |
| Just then the light changes. The young man decides | | | | In every person's life there have been instances, |
| to show the old man just what his car can do. He | | | | which seemed completely shattering, (I’ve had |
| floors it, and within 30 seconds the speedometer | | | | my share!) It takes perception and patience to see |
| reads 160 mph. Suddenly, he notices a dot in his rear | | | | beyond what appears to be useless and painful. |
| view mirror. It seems to be getting closer and then | | | | Appreciate that the larger system, the Good, remains |
| suddenly . . . hhhooooosssshhh! Something whips by | | | | intact no matter how chaotic everything in our own |
| him, going much faster! | | | | little world may seem. We live in a spiritual Universe |
| "What on earth could be going faster than my | | | | that is governed by spiritual law and intelligence. |
| Ferrari?" the young man thinks. Then, ahead of him, | | | | No matter how frightening a situation may be, it is |
| he sees a small dot coming straight toward him. | | | | still transitory. Only the Good is lasting. The rest |
| Whooooosh! It goes by again, heading in the opposite | | | | came to pass.’ Look back in your life and |
| direction! "Couldn't be." "How could a man on a moped | | | | recall the times when you were frantic over some |
| outrun a Ferrari?" But again, he sees a dot in his rear | | | | crisis or misfortune that seemed to be the end of |
| view mirror. Whoooosh, Kabbbblaaammm! It plows | | | | everything. Where is that challenge now? Where are |
| into the back of the car, demolishing the rear end. | | | | the people who were standing in the way of your |
| The young man jumps out of the car and sees - it | | | | Good? |
| IS the old man! He runs up to him lying on the | | | | When change seems to be THRUST upon you and it |
| concrete and says, "Oh, dear - Is there anything I | | | | looks like it’s happening TO you, don't |
| can do?" The old man wheezes, "Young feller, could | | | | get all hung up in the "story." Sit back, wait for a |
| you unhook my suspenders from your side-view | | | | deeper meaning to be revealed. It will! |
| mirror?" | | | | If the wind of change is chafing your face lately, |
| Sometimes in life, you can feel just like the old man. | | | | commit to NOT telling the story for at least 1 week |
| The faster you move forward, the more the wind | | | | — not even to yourself! Just be with it. Invite |
| blows against your face. Encountering difficulty and | | | | the answer to this question: What greater |
| resistance? It’s because you're making | | | | understanding, what deeper awareness of the Law's |
| significant progress. Those who have no problems | | | | operation in my life is this experience offering me? |
| ever venture to accomplish anything. Those who | | | | |