Everything is a lesson. Everybody is a teacher.
What would our lives be like if we approached everything that happens to us, positive or negative, as a lesson, and every person we encounter, likable or unlikeable, as a teacher? What if we regarded everything that happened to us as if we had chosen it?
Imagine if we knew that we were surrounded by a world of lessons and teachers, all trying to help us become our best selves if only we listened. In his book "Memories, Dreams, Reflections," Carl Jung wrote: "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
I used to feel a great deal of anger and annoyance towards a certain political candidate, but it wasn't because of his policy positions. It was because of his personality. One day, it occurred to me that the things that were most annoying about him were things I saw in myself, albeit not as pronounced. It was a learning experience. I never thought this person might be a teacher for me.
We create our lives with the questions we ask. What if, every time something happened to us, we asked ourselves, "What do I need to learn from this?"