In the light of the recent economic downturn, redundancies have been rumoured for a while within the company I work for, and a few days ago I received the notification I had been expecting. My job was being made redundant.
In the past. an event of this magnitude would have caused untold worry and stress, but I am completely certain that my Buddhist practise has enabled me to be in the right life-condition to deal with it, and as a result, feel very positive and enthusiastic about focussing my energy on doing something new, and perhaps completely different.
I am reminded of a section from ‘The Buddha, Geoff & Me’ (by Ed Canfor-Dumas and in my humble view an essential read!), where Ed has lost his job (!) and Geoff is explaining that it is all about how you look at life – the choices you make – whether you choose to be consumed by your problems or whether you choose to view them as ways to learn, grow and strengthen your own life. “Never heard of the Chinese for ‘Crisis’ ? ” asks Geoff. “They write it with two characters – one means Danger, the other, Opportunity.”
