Animal man is lazy. A lion will sleep until hungry, then activate himself to hunt to eat, then, satiated, sleep again. So man will meander through his physical life, thinking that is all there is, until trouble strikes or problems arise to motivate him to seek answers. As hunger is the impetus to change for the lion, so troubles and problems are to man.

Once we recognize that all is Light, Love, we know that all of our reality works only for good. In doing good for others, then, we must recognize that merely alleviating the trouble or solving the problem may not be the right way to help them, for that will merely remove the impetus to change.

For some time now I have been working with a wonderful young lady whose sense of self-worth was as low as any I have ever seen. She thus lived under emotionally and mentally debilitating conditions that reflected her sense of self-worth. I was able to show her a glimmer of Light, and introduced the concept that she was a child of God, worthy of all the joy, peace and happiness that entails.

Over many months she began to trust the unconditional love I offered, helping me truly see that giving and receiving are one, for the joy and happiness I felt watching the growth of her awareness was worth more than any treasure on earth.

I became aware that her receptivity was directly linked to the difficulty she was experiencing at the moment, and when the problem was solved, sometimes by financial assistance, she quickly lapsed back into old habits. This, in itself, was a wonderful learning experience for me, for I found myself totally and unconditionally accepting her choices, acknowledging her right as co-creator to create her own reality.

Through sharing with another woman a wonderful new inspiration that would transform an inherited business, which she viewed as depraved, into a beacon of Light and Love, I found this answer. Had I merely offered to help with the business, implementing procedures that would solve the problems and alleviate the pressure, there would be no impetus to change. By seeing the business in a new light, however, the problems would automatically be solved.

Just so, I realized, with the young lady. She was creating turmoil in her life to motivate herself to find her higher self. By merely assisting in the solving of the problems rather than focusing only on her growth, I was actually working against her best interests, forcing her to create new problems as impetus to grow.