Life is Fair in Its Unfairness

"What I have learned is that the Universe never plays favorites." Diane Bishop

Sometimes it can seem that we have more than our share of burdens.  Our loved one has a terminal and debilitating disease, we may have financial constraints caused by paying for services, and our own time and energy is called in many directions.  But, really, the old adage is that if we went to a gathering and all threw our troubles into a pile and could take any trouble from the pile as we went home, we would choose the trouble we came with.  The wisdom under that adage is that we all have troubles and challenges -- it is part of the human experience.  I read recently where Dr. Beckwith called challenges 'evolutionary accelerators'.  What if we look at our roles as caregiver, not so much as a challenge, but as an opportunity to develop some facets of ourselves we might not develop without this challenge?