YOUR LIFE'S STORY BECOMES MELODRAMATIC when it’s mostly about how you are “right” and about how others have “wronged” you.

But, in truth, the painful events in your life have not been happening to you.

They’ve only been happening FOR you.

Nobody judges an artist’s painting before it’s complete.

Likewise, since your life is also a kind of work of art in progress, don’t judge it too harshly before it’s finished.

You can have more fun in the great Play of life by becoming a wonderfully memorable character in everyone else’s melodrama.

Learn to roll with your role.

© 2003 Chuck Hillig

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chuck Hillig, MFT, has been a state licensed marriage and family therapist in southern California for 25 years. He is the author of Enlightenment for Beginners, The Way IT Is, The Magic King and Seeds for the Soul. Chuck's easy-to-understand writings on non-dualism have been translated into five languages.

For further information about his books, you can visit Chuck's website at: www.blackdotpubs.com or contact him directly at: blackdotpubs@yahoo.com. When time permits, Chuck is also available as a Speaker. Please call (805) 640-8825. His latest book, Seeds for the Soul, can be purchased directly from the publisher at: www.trafford.com/robots/03-0207.html.