Learning lessons...the hard way!

Teaching the lessons "the hard way"...thats  God's plan for me...because that's only how I would learn...I guess.
When all is going smooth and easy, I tend to drift easy and enjoy myself. But when I am called upon to engage the best of my ability and skill to manage difficult situations and emotions, most of the times my skill hasn't held up...as expected by myself...even by as God, I feel.
I have felt helpless and unsure and have been in a good amount of pain.
But now I realise that's exactly when I grow. 
 So to feel better, I have learnt to ask for help, and also have changed my perspective towards almost everything...be it life, relationships, peace, joy, desire and so on...and learning to understand the true meaning of inner peace.
I have passed through and am still passing through difficulties and I am grateful and happy to accept that I have passed through most of them.
It has not been a graceful or pretty or pleasant experience, but the mere act of passing though and reaching where I am today is the lesson I gracefully accept today. 

Thank you God for the ever growing strength in me...which is keeping me grounded and so I accept all the challenges You throw at me and promise that I will appreciate each of them as they instill growth in me.

God bless you all!