Soul Magazine| YEAR OF GRATITUDE| Challenge
I’m Grateful for my Challenges
Growth occurs when I’m required to change.
During the past 18 months since moving back to Australia, I’ve met, sworn at, and embraced many challenges. Some of them have been the standard migration issues of getting government documents, steeping myself in a different culture (similar, but unique), and finding secure employment and accommodation. Other issues have been smaller hurdles to overcome, yet have hit me harder in my heart. This week, I’ve looked back over the challenges I’ve faced, and named them, with gratitude.
1. Employment issues.
I moved to Melbourne for a job that didn’t eventuate. It would have set me up financially and was the sole reason I decided on this city at this point in my life. I was pretty devastated about the setback, having never lived in Melbourne before and only visited once for a friend’s wedding. I had to turn the situation around and look at the positives; perhaps I could find a position that had less…
