Learning From Life Lessons

In life, we will have many various experiences such as joy, sorrow, heartaches, excitement, blessing, beauty, and tragedy. Each experience involves a life lesson which helps us to grow and even, gain expertise.

I am amazed how many people experience something that is a valuable lesson but never stops to see what they learn and how they can benefit from this in the future. We will never stop learning.

4 Steps to Learn from Your Life Lessons
1. Recognize that there is something to learn from everything you go through. (Give the illustration in drowning)
2. Examine what you are experiencing by asking yourself a simple question: What is the main takeaway from this situation? Or if you are a believer: What is God trying to show me about who God is in life and about myself? Such as what character trait or fruit of the spirit are you developing.
3. Hold it by journaling so that you can remember what you learn
4. Apply it to your life–it does no good if we Recognize and Examine and not apply it. Example if you felt that this situation was teaching you to be bolder. You could do something that would require you to take a big step, or it was the challenge to show more kindness then do something out of the ordinary for someone else.