The idea that we signed up for this

[Guest guest]

Someone suggested this to me the other day, and it's something I've heard

before; Wayne Dyer has talked about it. It's the idea that before we were born,

we decided what family we would be born into and what experience we would have.

This would have all been in order to learn to deal with adversity, to help our

souls make spiritual progress.

Wayne Dyer had said that *even if it's not true,* deciding to look at it that

way offers us a perspective shift, one which moves us out of the victim role.

I hope nobody takes offense at this idea. I'm just throwing it out there. I'm

not saying I believe it, but it does offer a different way to look at things.

If you think about it, it feels more empowering to imagine that we made this

choice because we wanted the opportunity to survive and thrive despite the

adversity.

Have any of you ever thought about that idea? What do you think of it?

Deanna