Getting Through

I read somewhere that your problems will never go away until it teaches you what you need to learn. Whoever said that has a point. It should be so simple. But it's not really. It's not like you can just say, "Okay, God, I get it now! You can make this go away now." 
But it doesn't work that way, I think. For me, it's something that I really can't figure out. I do think that we are supposed to learn something from every experience that we have. But if a similar thing is repeatedly happening, I think that it might be a deeper issue that you can't just figure out when you want the problem to go away. I think sometimes it's such a big thing you need to realize that it takes God giving you a lot of similar experiences to learn from. Each time it happens, you learn a tiny bit of something new. Every new struggle builds off the past ones, and every new little tip you learn builds off of the old ones. Eventually, I believe that you have been through so much and learn enough little things that they can combine into one big realization. 
And then you're ready for that struggle to turn into something good. 
It makes me think of an obstacle course...like in the army. The ones where you have to start over if you fall down or mess up. You trip over the same thing enough times that each time you start over you learn a new way that doesn't work. And then finally you have figured out all the ways that DON'T work and you can finally get through it. And then it's on to the next obstacle. 
I think life is a series of things like this. Everyone's struggling with something at some point, but we all learn how to get through it. Just because we're all fighting our own battles does not mean we can't enjoy life. I think that's the best way to help get through it all...to focus on our blessings and do what makes us happy and see the great things that surround us.
At least I know that's what helps get me through the rough patches.
So there's my deep rant for the day. :) 
Hope everyone has a great week and has tons of happiness today! 
The end <3 :)