When Life Gets Heavy
by Michael Feeley
Here’s what I’m wrestling with: We spend so much energy pointing outward. “If only they hadn’t…” “If this situation would just change…” But what if the hardest truth is also the most liberating one?
The difficult stuff – pain, broken promises, money worries – they’re real. We’re not dismissing them. But here’s the uncomfortable question: What if our suffering comes less from what happens and more from how we hold it? How we see and act?
Think about two people facing the same challenge. One finds peace; one stays stuck in anger. Same circumstance. Different experience. The difference? Where they place their focus.
When we blame the outside world, we surrender our power. We become victims waiting for circumstances to change. But when we turn inward, asking “What’s my part in this?” or “What can I control here and change?”—something shifts.
This isn’t about denying complex realities. It’s about reclaiming our agency.
Gratitude doesn’t ignore pain; it coexists with it when we choose accountability over blame.
The world will continue to be both challenging and remarkable. But peace begins when we stop waiting for everything else to change first and examine ourselves with courage, curiosity, and the intention to create positive, possible change.
Thanks – Michael (he, him)
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