I'l be coming round the mountain!

The saying goes "You are exactly where you need to be". Sometimes this view may be questioned and certainly when you are in the midst of this place, it surely does not feel like the saying could be remotely correct.  But then often if we come through an incident, or time of testing, then with hindsight, we basically confirm that we were indeed in the right place at the particular time, when we needed to be.  Sometimes we can actually feel that we have in fact been in the very place we are in and this could be a sign that we are going around the same mountain, any number of times.  It means that we are either not learning the lesson correctly and we are being made to return to the same place, to see if we can reach a different conclusion, or produce a different set of results, or it may mean that the lesson is a place where we need to rest and take our hand or control off the circumstances and rather rely on the one that has brought us to the very place, where we need to be.  What if the place is a dark and miserable place, or a decision, which we would love to avoid, or one which can be hurtful, but there seems to be no way to escape it.  Can this truly be the place, where we need to be.  Do we really need to suffer through something, to truly accomplish it successfully.  Possibly the answer is correct and we have no choice but to accept that we are in a situation and take one responsible step at a time to get free from it.  We would all love to exit from a tough place or situation, rapidly and heroically, leaving it behind with ease and comfort, but he reality is often a journey and not a moment.  That is why we should accept first and foremost, that we are human and have flaws, then raise our faith and encourage one another.  We need to be strong in our belief, that we can accomplish a positive result and we need to give thanks, that we are actually in the place we are.  No matter what lies ahead, it is pointless to view our current position, as a mistake.  We should make adjustments, yes, but not curse at the situation and drag ourselves and others into a negative season.  Once we begin to study our surrounds, with the correct attitude, the next steps will spring out at us and we will know, what lies ahead.  If we try to run from it too quickly, we may miss the lesson and find ourselves back in the same places again, having gone in a circle, but if we take a moment, we can often meander our way, with good friends and people who care and find ourselves not in the wrong place in the wrong time but rather in the correct time in the light of the new day.