Daily Gratitude: This is an interesting concept depending on how you look at it. You may wonder why you’d have to fight a battle more than once. That’s a logical question. But, it is only logical when we think we know all the answers. By that I mean that we may think we know what the lesson is (so “why do I have to keep repeating it” you wonder in frustration). In actuality, though, if you’re continuing to face the same issue, you might do better to sit back and say “ok universe…obviously I’ve been misinterpreting what I’m supposed to learn here. This time I’ll be more open so I can really see what it is I’m supposed to learn.” The universe is sneaky sometimes and it may be trying to get you to think about something from a completely different angle than you’ve ever thought about. It also may have given you tons of messages about this same thing and you haven’t listened before so now it’s got that big ole cast iron skillet and it’s going to bang you over the head with it so you get the message finally. This is what happened to me in 2017. I had been so so stubborn for so many years and never listened to any of the messages. So Mama Universe said “ok Terrie…you’re finally going to listen to your mama” and it sent me a message I couldn’t ignore. I’ve written about this before so I won’t bore hog again but needless to say I got the message then. It was painful though and had I just paid more attention in the previous years (and decades), and changed my ways, I could have ignored that battle. Thus, if you find yourself in the same situation over and over again, stop and say “what the heck am I missing”. Then sit back and listen for the answer. At that point and with that message you should be able to discern the truth. If not, go deeper next time.