THE GUTTER OF LIFE

 

If a person is in the gutter of life, he or she is there either because of their conscious choice to be there or because he or she has something to learn being in the gutter. If he or she did not want to be there and if there was not anything for him or her to learn from being in the gutter, he or she wouldn't be there. He or she would know what to do to leave the gutter.

When we want to begin to look for growth, the only place we can start looking is right in front of us, no matter where we are. In front of us either physically or mentally. This is why we should look at each moment as an opporturity for growth. We usually get what we look for. We can search the whole world for beauty; for respect; for love; for peace; for security, but if we do not carry it with us, we won't see it - even if it is right in front of us. We see the beauty that is a blade of grass the more we have beauty within us.

Once the person in the gutter learns the lessons relevant for him or her in the gutter, he or she will do one of two things. He or she will rise above the gutter experience and move on with their life in other directions. Or, he or she will become a gutter preacher, staying in the gutter in order to help others learn what they need to learn to rise out of the gutter.

There is no gutter in our life without a lesson for us to learn while we are in the gutter. Once we learn the lesson, or lessons, we will move on. Look at each moment of your gutter experience as an opportunity for growth and you will find it. Embrace the lesson with unconditional love and you will never be the same again. Neither will your gutter experience.