The Spiral of Life

I've always loved spirals.  When I started making jewelry I felt very drawn to this particular geometric shape.  While coaching I started understanding why and now often use the spiral as symbol to understanding life.

I believe that we all come to this earth to learn certain life lessons to grow our soul.  As we walk on the spiral of life we are confronted with challenges, learning opportunities that we can either choose to tackle or not.  Either choice is fine.  Each life lesson will be presented throughout your life to you in different ways.  You will work on all kinds of different facets of the same key challenge giving you a full spectrum learning experience and understanding of what you are here to accomplish.

If you choose to work on a life lesson it helps your spiral expand which in turn means that you are opening door after door, uncovering facet after facet.  You will find that the more you work on these facets, the easier it becomes.  In a way you are a rough diamond that you are polishing and refining facet by facet.  Needless to say, the diamond in the rough will shine more and more until it reaches absolute brilliance. 

Now if at some point you choose not to work on a lesson presented (and we all do), that is ok too.  Since you are not learning this lesson it will come back to you in a different point in time in a different form, maybe even in one that might seem more manageable to you.  Due to your choice, the spiral cannot expand, though you continue walking your spiral's path.  Since you have a limited amount of time here on earth, you will experience that the more you say no to a growth opportunity, the more frequently the new opportunities arise and often times the severity/intensity increases too. 

I guess the important thing to understand overall is that life's challenges are learning opportunities.  Instead of looking at the negative, see what there is for you to learn.  This will give you insights too into why you are here and also whether you are on the right path or where your soul's path is.  Open yourself up to seeing, hearing, growing and accepting.  The clues are subtle, but they are all around you.