Favorite Inspirational Quotes

I saw grief drinking a cup of sorrow and called out, “It tastes sweet, does it not?” “You’ve caught me,” grief answered, “and you’ve ruined my business, how can I sell sorrow when you know it’s a blessing?”

 Jalaluddin Rumi

The falls of our life provide us with the energy to propel ourselves to a higher level.

Kabbalah

Sorrow as a blessing that tastes sweet. That’s almost hard to buy at first glance. Dyer essentially says there is a lesson or blessing in every sorrow. I think that perhaps it’s more than that.

Perhaps it’s that the blessing is that sorrow gives us a chance to look back and find all the pieces that we should be grateful for. When a parent dies, there is immense sorrow. But it is also a time to stop and express gratitude for all the things you remember. It can allow you to see things in a new light.

So, too, can we look for it in the sorrow of what is commonly called a failure, be it in business, a relationship, or something else. Try to see the lesson or blessing of the failure. Look at and be grateful for all you’ve learned. At the very least, you’ve learned what not to do and can try again with this experience behind you showing you what not to do.

Note: Sorry to be so late today with the post. My host’s server was down.