Gratitude Journal Week 39 & Is It 4 or 5 Levels of Experience?

So, this blog has evolved into a weekly blog, almost.
I am Gratefull for Being able to maintan my composure most of teh time
I am Gratefull for Others who have taught me this virtue and for Others who are able to to do so as well
I am Gratefull for My Wifee's gardening Skills, she has turned our Garden inot a Paradise.

So, is it 4 or 5 levels of experience.?

Distilled from Tony Robbins "Personal Power"series there are
4 Levels of Experience.:

1) I like it, it Is Good for me and Helps Others

2) I don’t like it, but it Is Good for me and helps others

3) I like it, but it is Not Good for me, and does not help others

4) I don’t like it, it is Not Good for me, and does not help others


However I seem to have a found a 5th, a paradox in fact.

5) I Like It, It Helps Others, But It Isn't Good For Me

How's That?! Well, Like my job, like being a soldier on occassion,

We are helping others, at least the group we care for or protect

We enjoy in some fashion, to a degree or more the process,

However, the Job has Risks, Is Consuming, Not healthy

or in a Healthy Enviroment, or over time, Deleterious to One's Health.

So,What is one to Do?/

Well,Find a way to make it Good For You. At Least on a "Karmic" level.

There are sacrifices we make, but perhaps what appears

"Not to be Good for Us" is really a means ,method or form of discipline,

suffering,self denial, that is the long run ,is good for us.

Perhaps we need to be more resilient, then it will be good for us.

I Wonder>

Then what about the "Karmic Cost" of what we Do.?

Well, that is for another day and discussion.

Take Care

Bill Swann D.O.