When the magnifying glass of fate finds you, thrusting suffering upon you, do not say something childish and stupid like: “Why is this happening to me?”— It could happen to anyone, and you are no better than your brothers and sisters in humanity.
Verify, indeed, the purpose implied in the adversity. Pain occurs to signal that something is wrong — both in terms of action and omission — and needs to be changed.
Do not fight with your stomach because it hurts, nor blame God for being unfair and cruel because of it: change your eating habits and treat your gastritis.
There are many gastritides out there, burning in the soul, and also many sick people taking painkillers for immediate pleasures instead of healing the wound in their core, which gets worse and worse.
How can we heal the pain of the soul? — a dear friend would ask me. Listen to it — I would answer. Because by listening to the warning it has to give you, you will discover what you must do to heal it and be happy.
Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar (medium)
Eugênia-Aspásia (Spirit)
May 24, 2004