TIES

TODAY, OUR DAILY WISDOM WORD IS TIES.   OFTEN TIMES WE HEAR THE PHRASE, “THE TIES THAT BIND”.  OUR LIVES ARE FULL OF TIES, BOTH LITERAL AND METAPHORIC. AS THINGS UNFOLD IN OUR LIFE, SOMETIMES THESE TIES BREAK.  WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT OFTEN IS FOR THE BEST.  IF YOU BELIEVE IN DESTINY, YOU MAY FIND THIS CONCEPT EASIER TO DIGEST.   

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS ARE ACCURATE FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHY CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN IN LIFE THAT HURT. WE OFTEN DON’T REALIZE THIS UNTIL WE SEE WHERE OUR LIFE HAS GONE DOWN THE ROAD A BIT.  WE WILL THEN LOOK BACK AT THOSE BROKEN TIES AND REALIZE IT WAS NECESSARY FOR US TO BREAK THOSE PREVIOUS TIES IN ORDER TO TIE OUR SHOES AGAIN IN OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES. I BELIEVE LIFE  WORKS THIS WAY TODAY. 

I AM NOT A PSYCHIATRIST.  LOOKING BACK, WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, I LOVED DIFFERENT KINDS OF MENTAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL COURSES. I CREATED THEORIES LIKE THIS:  TIES SHOULD ONLY BE KNOTTED AGAIN IF WE “FIT” IN THE CURRENT SHOES LIFE IS ASKING US TO WEAR AND LACE UP OR TIE OR GOD IS.  I OFTEN HAVE WHAT I CALL, AN “AH HA” MOMENT AND REMEMBER WHERE I’VE ONCE BEEN AND THE NECESSITY TO EXPERIENCE THE FEELINGS HAD DURING EVENTS WE’VE EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST. 

THESE ARE THE PAST EVENTS WE EXPERIENCED, WHICH LEAD TO US TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN KNOWLEDGE.  BECAUSE OF THESE EVENTS, WE FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE’VE EXPERIENCED WHATEVER WE DID TO GET  TO THIS NEW STEP EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST.  WE EVOLVE, ESPECIALLY WITH EMOTIONS, AND TIES ARE ALMOST ALWAYS CONNECTING THIS KNOWLEDGE TOGETHER. 

LET US TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF TIES THAT APPLY TO THIS POST FROM OUR WEBSTER DICTIONARY AND OUR DAILY WISDOM WORDS MEANING.  1.  TO BRING TOGETHER IN RELATIONSHIP, CONNECT OE UNITE.  FRIENDS WHO WERE TIED TO COMMON INTERESTS.  2.  PEOPLE WHO ARE TIED BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE. 

DAILY WISDOM WORD DEFINITION-A BASE OF KNOWLEDGE THAT TIES ANOTHER MORE DEFINED PIECE OF LEARNING ONCE WE LEARN THIS BASE.  THESE TIES ARE PART OF A GENERAL PROCESS OR SPECIFIC AREA OF KNOWLEDGE.  TIES ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT DAILY WISDOM WORDS DEFINITION. 

TIES CAN REPRESENT TIES THAT ARE A PART OF THE STRONGEST RELATIONSHIPS IN LIFE WE WILL EVER HAVE.  TIES ARE A PART OF COMMITMENT OR A COMMITMENT TO LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT OURSELVES AND TAKE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO US, TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN OUR LIFE COMMITMENT TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN ALL AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE TAKING THE  TIME AND COMMITMENT WITH OUR OWN INTERNAL TIES.  ONE BASE OF KNOWLEDGE TAKES US TO ANOTHER, MORE COMPLICATED KNOWLEDGE AND WITH COMMITMENT, THE TIES CREATED OVER TIME ALLOW US TO BECOME AN EXPERT. 

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TESTS

Why is life full of tests and challenges?  Let us first take a look at the meaning of tests in our Webster Dictionary.

Tests-1.  an event or situation that reveals the strength or quality of someone or something by putting them under strain.

Daily Wisdom Word Definition of  tests-Challenges in life we either pass or fail, depending on if we learn from them or not and make a choice to ignore the lesson.

Tests are a part of life, and some tests are easier than others.  Many of us go through daily challenges that teach us something.  However, some of us go through tests that are harder to pass.  The test of losing someone, for example is a hard test to pass. I lost my father at the healthy age of 83, and he had lived a long and healthy life.  Still, it was tough to get through this test.  I missed him terribly, knowing he had lived a long life.

I can’t imagine people that have to go through the test of losing a child.  This would be an incredibly difficult to pass, and I doubt seriously, you ever get past it.  Part of passing a test, is knowing what the lesson is your supposed to learn.  Perhaps in cases such as these, the challenge is to figure out what the test is your supposed to pass.  I think in the case of losing a child, the test to pass is simply to keep the love you shared and the memories alive in your heart and get through this day by day.

There are far less challenging tests we go through than the grief of losing a loved one.  Part of this is passing mentally challenging tests, rather than emotional.  I remember going through the Real Estate Brokerage Exam, the Securities Test for being the principal of a corporation. I found these tests to be mentally exhausting going through them, but highly rewarding when I finally passed them.

Tests can be physical as well.  Tests can be getting stronger physically, and how we go about doing that, and how difficult it is to do it.  There are many challenges in life, but without tests and challenges, we would never grow as individuals, no matter how painful the lessons may be.

Thank you so much for reading about tests today.  When your done reading this post, please scroll down beneath it and leave a comment, quote, or poem about tests in life.

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