Circling back around.......

It is curious to me, the themes we have in our lives.....the ones we seem to live over and over.....feeling as if we have learned, or are learning, and yet there they are......we all have them.....I know I am starting to recognize them in the people close to me, and certainly in my own life.....and it is kind of amazing if you think about it.....because we could argue that we don't choose these circumstances to come find us, they arrive by way of different means.....different people, different circumstances.....all of it, but yet they bring up stuff in us that feels so very familiar.....like we have been there before......and we have all seen that saying, or meme, that says that a lesson will keep coming till it is learned.......and maybe that is true.....maybe.....and sometimes I guess it can be confusing to figure it all out.....what we are supposed to participate in and learn....and when we are supposed to leave something behind......not seeking to learn the lesson in the context it is presented.......but what we resist persists......I believe that too....and I know I have, but maybe we all have, had that feeling, the feeling of having been "here" before.....and when we get there we think, how on earth did I get here.....again.......I had that experience with my first long term boyfriend, who was also my fiance......and my ex husband......I had tried so hard to pick a man that was opposite of that first fiance.....and by all accounts was.....and he turned out to be so similar to my ex, in terms of the end of our relationships......being cheated on for a second go round.....and I thought, how on earth did I end up here.....he was supposed to be so different, and was!!!! Crazy right??? I would never have thought, never.....and yet......so it is in those moments.....like I have been here before, and now I suppose we have choices.....and maybe we just do better each time those tests come....get closer and closer to closing out that lifelong theme in our lives.....maybe.....I know I have had quite a few recurring themes and challenges in my own life.....and have overcome a few that seem to have been put to rest.....finally........but I still have a few more to work through.....good thing I am at the halfway mark of life and have the time to do so;-) so I guess I write this this morning to have you take a look at your own themes.....what circles around for you....what is coming for you over and over.....so much of it feels as if we are powerless against some of it, but I don't believe that......our power lies in our response.....and when we know better we can do better.....