The nature of struggling. Struggling can be frustrating, but there's nothing wrong with it. Struggling actually translates to growth, but that is all in the perception. And you must have it, to SEE anything that comes your way. The key to perception is awareness, and both if those together fall under clarity.
Im an art teacher, I had a girl in class doing a pastel drawing, that was from a Van Gogh painting. She was clearly frustrated. I said, Are you struggling? (Yes, she says)
I said struggling is fine. Struggling means you're working it out. It means you are problem solving, learning how to make it work. If you get frustrated, step back from it. And come back when you're able.
Another thing to be aware of is when you say something that rings true, that's especially the time for you to listen, because that's when you're talking to yourself. Yesterday I was working on resentments and anger. I reflected on it and learned from it. I did not struggle. I expressed myself, so I wouldn't repress myself. However, had it been 6 months prior, I would have been struggling with feeling and expressing.
Struggling is a teacher of awareness, but if we're not paying attention, it doesn't help much, except to rack up the experience for the time we wake up.
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