Coming full circle through changes, challenges and transitions

Over the past few decades I've discovered the people I've observed, interviewed, or counseled and who live the healthiest, happiest and most productive lives, tend to have four basic things in common. They all know what they value and have strong personal boundaries around those values. They are willing to look at what does and doesn't work in their lives and face the reality of what they need to modify in order to live in integrity and in accordance with their personal value system. They respect their inner processes and understand that many outside factors and cultural influences have molded and shaped them, and they are willing to work toward integration when aspects of themselves are in conflict. They all have a firm belief in something greater than the limits of their own conscious finite minds. They call it by many names: God, Divine Mind, Cosmic Intelligence, Super Conscious, Organic Process, Energy, Wisdom, Synchronicity, or a myriad of other labels, but they all subscribe to the concept that a higher power source turns the universe in some mysterious way and with some semblance of order. As I have worked through my own processes and have aided countless others in working through theirs, it has become apparent that to use these four processes in tandem is to find a healthy and workable way of life. The order in which these steps are applied will vary from situation to situation, but sooner or later, moving through each step creates a more productive and complete course of action. Two of the processes are essentially left brained and two are right brained although some overlapping may be involved. Finding that delicate but powerful balance between the logic/reasoning and intuitive/feeling components of our brains, the yin and the yang energies, is to find the centered peaceful existence we all crave, and yet, at the same time it allows us to live involved, powerful and effective lives. This is not to say challenges, personal growth, and learning opportunities will not occur, but it is to say that with a predetermined way of confronting issues, we can use them to enhance our personal awareness and for the advancement of our soul growth. In doing so, each experience can lead us deeper into self-knowledge and direct us to ways of enhancing the state of our health and increasing our productivity.