Learning Lessons

Hi all,
Thanks for all your replies. It makes sense to me that the lessons I need to learn will keep popping up until I've truly learned them, and I guess once I've accomplished that they won't look like "lessons" in the first place.
But no one can deny the pain that comes with personal challenges, especially in areas that are important to them. I suppose I am somewhat fearful that my higher self will keep testing me in these "soft spots" so to speak. Let's say for instance that a mother loses her husband in a car accident. She goes through the grieving, depression, anger and eventually with time a sense of peace and acceptance. Then her brother passes away and she is forced to face the same emotions over again. What is the lesson in this for her? Had she not learned the lesson the first time? What is the purpose in her feeling that pain again?

[inspirit]

Ultimately everything is an exercise in faith. God's isn't trying to create unhappiness for people just to put them through trials.

[Miss Hepburn]

There is a quote somewhere - that God isn't standing at the top of the staircase and pushing you down, tripping you up and beating you up.
He's encouraging you and drawing you up to join Him.

I firmly believe that. It has been my experience.
There is also another saying -If you don't like what you've been reapng - look at what you've been sowing.

I got a million of 'em. LOL.

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by SixOfClubs

Let's say for instance that a mother loses her husband in a car accident. She goes through the grieving, depression, anger and eventually with time a sense of peace and acceptance.
Then her brother passes away and she is forced to face the same emotions over again.
What is the lesson in this for her? Had she not learned the lesson the first time? What is the purpose in her feeling that pain again?

I'm toying with this here...
So, if we lose someone and feel grief - is it your idea that we should never have any more loss what-so-ever because we've aleady felt it once?

Is that what a death is - just a lesson to feel grief once to learn it and be done with it?
Was the death a "lesson?

Is your person faced with feeling the same emotions again?
(I'm not saying either way - just thought I'd throw that out there for thought?)
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I found my mother dead in her bed last year - and within a month nursed and finally lost my 2 -16 year old doggies.
I wouldn't have traded that pain for anything.
But, I love crying and going deep into my soul; that way feeling connected to all the depth of mourning ever felt here.

Mourning is profound - and we get to see them later anyway ---go figure. Ha!
But, I sure do miss them and still get teary.
Nothing wrong with that, imo.