Your difficulty wants to teach you something. No Kidding. Really.
Just think. What if you could use your difficulty to see or learn something unseen or unknown? What if your obstacle holds the raw ingredients for being kinder to yourself about mistakes or unwanted aspects of life? What if choosing to face personal difficulty becomes a way to extend that kindness to others?
Those what ifs are filled with unimaginable possibility and the seed of Wonder Anew.
How to begin?
Take some time to still and quiet.
Imagine yourself as a super curious adventurer investigating a fascinating matter—you and your difficulty. Use the open-ended questions to explore your difficulty.
In some mysterious way, your responses (whatever comes to you) bring information and a bit of clarity.
If you're like me, you'll notice a life-changing shift: The difficulty is not the problem. The problem is recognizing and tenderly embracing the difficulty, a juicy and worthy adventure.