Dear Doctor:
I’m deliberately not going to use this column to address the details of the challenges and opportunities that lie immediately before us – I will comment in due time. Please watch our website for our remarks and positions.
Rather, this week I’d prefer to talk about the process of dealing with adversity – what actually happens when Nature wants to make a man? What goes through the mind of the budding leader, who may not want to or wouldn’t choose to face the passage of pain that precedes breakthrough, but who knows inside-the-skin that there is no other way?
I have seen great ring generalship up close and personal, and the most skillful field captains combine wisdom and instinct to forge a path consistent with their ideals. Their decisions are filtered through their highest possible standards and values, leading to swift and purposeful action. They confront issues head on, evaluating their risks in terms of the greatest possible return. They are patiently proactive, picking their times and then taking appropriately bold or subtle strides toward their desired outcome.
Difficult circumstances bring out the best in extraordinary people – and ironically, often your problems create the format for your burgeoning greatness. How you show up under the most arduous conditions helps you to sculpt and refine your character, creating momentum that can catapult you to uncharted territories of success and fulfillment – all initiated by an ostensibly detrimental scenario.
What if you find yourself behind the proverbial eight-ball, and you feel that you have no particular track record with these behaviors of leadership? The good news is, it’s never too late to step up, for yourself and for what you believe in. It gives you a chance to appreciate Nature’s playful sense of humor – putting us in just the situations we need, to grow toward what we ultimately want, all the while duping us into thinking that things are going wrong. Not getting that joke is one of our primary sources of suffering, and awakening to it is a trigger for inner peace, unconditional love and global understanding.
When we learn to accept our trials and tribulations as gifts that shape our destinies, when we appreciate the possibilities they open for us, when we see the magnificence of the grand design, we get a glimpse into one of the great mysteries of life -- when Nature wants to make a man.
Dennis Perman DC, for The Masters Circle
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