People come into your life for a reason.

Clairvoyant-Veritas (The clairvoyant truth) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Whenever I am deeply upset, I remember these words of my friend Jo who often calms me with this sentence. How often are we plagued by “monsters” who somehow creep into our lives uninvited and make us do things way beyond our limitations, expectations and even patience.

Jo, who is deeply immersed in her spiritual quest for answers to the world’s unanswered questions is also clairvoyant and  a counsellor who uses the tarot  to help those in need. She is a dear friend and  all those who are lucky to know her will vouch for her infinite patience and pertinent advice. I have known her for years, as a carefree school girl, as a young mother and always as a dear friend but it is during this particularly stressful time of my life that I have come to know this other side to her and  she has been a source of great strength as have been others who help and continue to   help me with their support and willing ears.

According to  her,  we all come into this world to fulfil our karmic destinies and to learn our unlearned lessons from previous lifetimes. This is a good explanation for all of us who struggle with the question ” Why Me?” when things don’t go our way and why we continuously face problems of a similar nature. The lesson we have come to learn is timed like an Alarm on Snooze and keeps on ringing till we finally answer its call. It also rings louder each time till the final ring is closest to the ear, almost inside the head!

Recently, I found that the lesson I had come to learn in this world is not one but two: forgiveness and patience.

I hope that by the end of this lifetime I will have learned both well enough to gain freedom  from this cycle and  fulfil my karmic destiny.