Embrace The Lesson

Ever wondered why you seem to bump into
the same kind of people all the time?
Ever wondered why you find yourself confronted with the same situations all the time?
Ever wondered why the same problems seem to re-occur
in your life?

Each time I encounter a problem or difficulty or interesting development or taxing circumstance or challenging situation, I always ask myself the questions:
“What can I learn from this?”
“How am I reacting in this?”
“How can I milk this situation,
so that I gain maximum benefit from it?”
And afterwards:
“What did I learn from this?”
“Am I proud of my response?”

But when I notice the same thing happens a second time, I ask myself: “What didn’t I learn last time”?
Interesting that this is happening again!
I then become really keen to extract any lessons I can,
to prevent this type of thing happening again.

I read somewhere, If you make a mistake a second time, it’s a choice. I guess if a person has to go through the same situation many times, perhaps all they need to do is learn one little lesson, make a simple adjustment, master a small interaction, and this will break the cycle so it never happens again. Or is far less likely to happen again.

This applies to the Parent/Child cycle. We don’t learn from our upbringing, so we treat our children the same as we were treated, so they grow up just like us, and the cycle repeats itself and spirals downwards.
I want my life and family tree to spiral upwards, so we learn and benefit from our past.

Taking this on a large scale, perhaps life is like this. Some people believe we keep coming back and reliving our life, hopefully each time bettering ourselves, elevating ourselves, enlightening ourselves, until one lifetime, we finally crack it, and never have to go through this again.
Interesting thought, worth considering.
Prompts me to pursue personal development with a passion!