Thanking the enemy

An email from Uncle Patrick:

Here is today's heartfelt blessing:

"That person who is hardest to forgive is the one who can teach you the greatest lessons." - Louise Hay, publisher and author of "You Can Heal Your Life"

One of the most difficult spiritual lessons for us to master is realizing that every experience and every person in our lives is here to help us grow and become all we can be. Sometimes the experiences are triumphs and the people cheerleaders, but more often than not, it is the difficulties and the enemies we encounter that prod us forward and force us to reach within and claim our destiny.

Certainly we must be thankful for our friends and loved ones, but we should not forget to be thankful for those who would be our enemies, too. For blessings often come from where we least expect them and every blessing, no matter from whence it came, is worthy of our gratitude. Every single one.