Contrast is a term we’ve borrowed from Jerry and Esther Hicks (www.abraham-hicks.com) to describe all the wonderful diversity in our lives. The things we welcome and label as “good”, and the other things that seem (at least at first glance) unwanted.

An unexpected check in the mail and an unexpected bill…this is contrast.

One of our age old questions – paraphrased – goes something like this: Why can’t it all be good news?

If you think about that very deeply, you realize why contrast exists. It serves us in a number of ways.

First of all, if we never saw something we didn’t like, how would we know what we do like? (Without dull, how can you know glossy?)

Secondly, do you really, really want a life with no challenges? Granted, sometimes I could use less of them; but without the obstacles, there would be no opportunity for growth, and achievement, and a feeling of accomplishment. (And that’s the best feeling, isn’t it?)

So, contrast gives us the opportunity to decide what we prefer, by showing us both things we like and things we don’t. And then, it gives us the opportunity to “make lemonade” from the ones we don’t prefer.

Sounds like a win-win, when it’s put that way, right?

Sometimes it doesn’t feel that way when we’re in the midst of it, though.

So how do you deal quickly and effectively with the contrast you’d like to un-choose?

Stop back by tomorrow for some strategies I use, and, in the meantime, give some thought to the contrast that’s in your life…and see if some of it is “lemonade ingredients.”

Just Imagine That!