I have learned that ruination is not a bitter, terminal ending, but it is the beginning of a transformation. I get to choose if the transformation will lead to better or worse.
In like stead, I have learned that if I clear my mind and open my heart, love and peace will flood into my life. I can let past resentments fall away.
Presently, I am seeing metaphors in what I used to hold literally, like the resurrection of Jesus is for me to throw off the mantle of all encumbrences and rise again. Like the scales falling from the Apostle Paul's eyes are the removing of the fear and resentment that prevents me from seeing through the eyes of love.
And I learned a new metaphor about the deity Ganesh. He removes obstacles from us. But also he will place obstacles in our way, if we are prone to going on destructive paths. I think that the most important obstacle Ganesh has removed from my path lately is getting me out of the way of my own happiness. I don't need to prevent my own joy anymore.
