Happy last week of 2006. For some this year has been a positive experience; for others, a year other than they might have wanted. For everyone, however, there has been potential for growth and learning. How we choose to utilize these lessons is up to the individual experiencing them. Let’s say you were going to make a desert. You planned on baking an apple pie. When you got to the refrigerator, however, you noticed the apples were starting to get soft. They were still delicious and useable, however, not for making a pie. You could either throw the fruit out, or you could puree it and make a wonderful applesauce cake. The choice is up to you.
In other words, every lesson contains a gift. Whether we choose to open it up to use it is up to each of us.