I
have noticed that some people get away with a lot. They behave badly
but suffer no apparent consequences, internal or external. Perhaps
the universe sees and treats them the way adults see and behave
towards young children. Very small children cannot be expected to
have much understanding or take responsibility for their lives, so some of their bad behaviour is excused.
Other
people are not so lucky when it comes to dealing with unfinished
business. Perhaps the consequences are age- appropriate punishments from the universe.
Failure
to express feelings, failure to assert oneself, permitting
exploitation of oneself and failure to think, speak and act
appropriately according to the occasion are examples of unfinished
business, as are ignoring problems in the hope that they will go
away, habitually running away from difficult situations, going
through life leaving messes, failed relationships and unhappy people
behind, being out of touch with reality and not respecting the truth.
Many
people find that unfinished business and ignored and unresolved
problems and issues make themselves felt, very inconveniently and
painfully, over and over again. Perhaps the universe treats selected
people like under-performing schoolchildren who must retake the same
examinations until the lessons are learned. The difficulty of the
lessons and the severity of the consequences and the amount of pain
felt when they are not learned may be proportional to the universe's
estimate of the capabilities and potential of the student.
Carrying
around a load of unfinished business is similar to living with a lot of
debt.
Unfinished
business can handicap us and sabotage or even ruin our lives.
