<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Moments of challenge are the greatest blessings in... > {{Moments of challenge are the greatest blessings in your life; they are your chance for rapid expanding and deepening of your understanding.}} {{Whatever makes you uncomfortable is your biggest opportunity for growth.}} {{The greater the discomfort, the greater the potential for learning.}} {{The more something upsets you, the more it is meant for you. When it no longer upsets you, it is no longer needed because the lesson is complete.}} When turmoil and upset transcend to clarity and resolve, your suffering and the suffering of others take on purpose beyond what seems like senseless pain. {{Every tragedy has a lesson equal in significance to its heartbreak.}} {{How you channel your justifiable upset — positively or negatively — determines the degree to which you waste your life force or mount your verve into worthy endeavor.}} And then there is useless common drama, stubbornness, and ignorance. {{Most of the petty upset we experience is unnecessary reactivity that can and should be tamed.}} Petty upset is a sign of a crude and unrefined personality, intellect, and spirituality. Petty upset is a sloppy waste of emotional energy; it is toxic and is often an inner-obstacle to seeing reality clearly. {{Most inner-obstacles are not overcome because they are seen as natural, ordinary and justifiable. You have to understand your inner-obstacles for the inhibiting barriers they truly are in order to move beyond them.}} The time to evolve and question your emotions is when you are feeling challenged. {{You cannot practice being open in a moment of no challenge.}} Don't be afraid of changing your mind. **Source:** [[books/Simple Reminders Book (2014-2018)|Simple Reminders]] <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->