{"id":283008,"date":"2025-06-09T05:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-lesson-i-have-to-keep-learning\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T05:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:56:41","slug":"the-lesson-i-have-to-keep-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=283008","title":{"rendered":"The Lesson I Have to Keep Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The lesson I have to keep learning in this lifetime is that I am in charge of creating my own joy, even when life is throwing frustrating and anxiety-inducing things at me.<\/p>\n

This past year has dealt me Tower card after Tower card: a breakup, moving to a new state where I know no one but my parents, ongoing tax issues, the death of my grandma, a health scare, plus my constant companions \u2013 chronic back pain and a lack of clarity in my brain.<\/p>\n

Grieving, confusion, anxiety, loneliness; I\u2019ve felt it all without much space for air this year.<\/p>\n

I keep waiting for it all to thaw out. I ask the big, wide universe to write me into a new chapter, to make me feel like a whole human being, to bring me the joy that I know I (and everyone else) deserve.<\/p>\n

But just when I think I can finally rest, another problem hits. I wonder what karmic debt I need to repay in this lifetime. Am I being punished in some way? Or am I just a human being experiencing a lot all at once?<\/p>\n

The thing is that if I sit around waiting for the moment that life finally feels perfect, I will constantly miss opportunities to experience joy, laughter, connection, and pleasure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the days when I find myself saying, \u201cI will finally be happy when this chapter of my life closes<\/em>\u201c, I know instead that I need to seek out small ways to experience joy.<\/p>\n

And I have to provide it for myself instead of waiting for someone else to give it to me. The longer I wait for others to offer me my dreams on a silver platter, the longer I deny myself my dreams.<\/p>\n

So what is joy? What is happiness?<\/p>\n

It can be the smallest thing.<\/p>\n

I think about what foods, music, activities, movies, places, scents, and colors I\u2019m drawn to.<\/p>\n

I ask what makes me feel good.<\/p>\n

And then I see if I can experience any of those things today.<\/p>\n

The thing about me is that I am persistent. I am willing to fight (albeit in a peaceful way) when challenges come my way.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I hate how isolating this human experience is, yet I still want to experience it.<\/p>\n

And that is why I have to find the joy that I can, whenever I can, because I don\u2019t want my days, my personality, and my life to be characterized by wishing things were different.<\/p>\n

The lesson I have to keep learning is that I cannot wait until life is perfect to feel worthy of experiencing joy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead, I must continue showing up and creating that joy for myself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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