The truth revealed was yes, I strive to be in a similar position. Yes, I was somewhat frustrated I had not achieved some of my goals yet. Time to take a closer look at my goals, then.

The next, logical, forward-thinking step is to turn this learning situation into a positive, present tense affirmation. I needed to find gift to be grateful for in situation, which I did. I desired to let go of jealousy, knowing it had served it's purpose, which I did.

An important point in this lesson was in acknowledging my feelings - so called 'good' and 'bad'. In actual fact, they are neither good nor bad, they simply just are. Adopting this attitude leads to total acceptance of self. A total acceptance of self is acceptance of spirit, acceptance of Universe, allowing you to open to more.

It's what you DO with those feelings that matter. One can be FEELING jealous and not ACT jealous. Notice your feeling of jealousy or whatever other commonly perceived negative emotion that occurs. Simply notice. Hold it in forefront until truth/purpose of it has been revealed. Feeling angry? That's okay. Do nothing. Sit with it. Listen and learn from it.

And be grateful for lesson! As painful as it may be at time. It's grand and exciting to come to new conclusions about yourself, adding to faith that you can overcome any challenge presented to you.

For record, I AM grateful to have been given this lesson. Without feeling of jealousy, I may not have taken a closer look at my goals and asked myself if plan is working for me. I chose to use situation to fuel my vision, turning it into a positive experience. Who could ask for anything more?

It may seem like a juggling act to keep fresh and avoid complacency in everything we do. In fact, it is an act. It's a skill you can learn. Like juggler, we do our best to keep all balls in air. If you look closely, though, you'll notice not all balls are in air at same time. There is always at least one ball in hand. Sometimes balls get dropped. We pick them up and start again.

Keep things fresh in your life, moving, changing, growing and 'up in air' two out of three times and you'll be fine. When you drop a 'ball', by experiencing a mistake or shortcoming, work it out, forgive yourself and everyone involved, and get ball back up there in cycle. We don't focus on that one dropped ball for too long, or they all come tumbling down. Things are going well with work and your relationship, but your health is in poor condition right now? Simply do what you have to do. It gets challenging when a number of new balls are thrown in there for you, but we adapt. We learn. We adjust our attitude.

The underlying requirement of averting complacency in our life is that of attitude. Our attitude is our foundation for everything else in life. When we avert complacency in our thinking, our foundation is strengthened which supports all our efforts. How do we do this? Observe your life. It is a learned skill to stay sharp, to be observant of your actions and reactions. Observe your habits - these are automatic responses. Learn to make more conscious decisions and you become less automatic.

Automatic has its appropriate place. It keeps us focused on a particular area, creating blinders to prevent our distraction from task at hand. This has to be balanced with being open to other possibilities when time is right. We cannot be forward-thinking and complacent at same time. What is so bad about complacency anyways? We get bored with life. We forget what a gift it truly is. We stop being creative beings we were born to be. Being creative brings passion into your life. Once you've got that, possibilities are endless. Now, are you ready to play?