Got problems? Take another look with this spiritual lesson from a stone

Yesterday, while seeking a book on my shelves, I glanced into my birchbark bowl (say that fast 10 times), and a quartz crystal I'd been ignoring for about 10 years caught my eye.  It's smooth on one side, and has lots of tiny crystals on the other.  Suddenly, I wanted to pick it up. 

So, I did.

Then I wanted to hold it against my chest. 

So, I did. 

It felt good, like that was the best thing to do.  I felt gently whole, somehow.  Mmm. 

Over at my desk and trying to read the book one-handed, I put the stone down next to my computer.  This morning it kept catching my eye, so I finally moved it squarely in front of me. 

I asked it, "Why do you keep grabbing my attention today?"

It didn't say anything.  But I picked it up again and examined the jumble of tiny crystals on one side.  A sparkly mess, each tiny piece at odd angles with the others.  I flipped it over and felt the smoothness of the other side again, not polished, but naturally grown that way, impressively smooth.

Then I got it.  It was the same crystal, from either side.  Depending on how you looked at it, you could see an angular chaotic mess, or an easy, wide, natural surface.

Think you got problems?  Feel chaos in your life?  Here's the lesson:  it's only because of the way you're looking at those problems.  They appear chaotic because of your perspective.  Underneath, that "problem" is innately as smooth as glass... and maybe, dare I suggest, not even a problem.

How can you reexamine your situation, flip it over, to see the natural perfection and ease in it?  From what other viewpoint could you see your challenge as a mere blip, a trifle, nothing to get worked up over? 

If you are reading this, you can apply it in your life.  How can you use this insight to improve life on our fair planet: your life?

Comments

[Carrie]

Love this post Daria. It is all in how we look at life, or how we show up and choose to respond to what is set in front of us. In coaching we talk of reframing. Look at the same picture, but put a different frame around it, or even look at it from a different angle, and it becomes a completely different picture! I love that you suggest that what once looked like a problem, looked at with a different mindset or paradigm, no longer is a problem at all. Now it can be an opportunity to grow! Great metaphor of your stone!
Your work makes me smile! In Harmony and Joy,
Carrie Strathman Jacobs

[Jane]

Woo hoo, I love this: flipping over the stone and discovering the beauty and order that is the view from the other side -- and ... discovering there's no problem at all! I truly need to apply this lesson to a few things :-).