Life's Guilty Pleasures and Terrible Pit Falls

If there's one thing I love above anything else, it's writing, but even a writer can not live by pen and paper alone. (Rewriting scripture, is that blasphemy?)

Although I wish I could keep it that simple.  As a mother of five I'm constantly pushed and pulled in different directions. My question is, when troubles arise,(cause they always do) why is our first reaction to fight it instead, seeing the lesson that can be learned?

I think the Universe moves us in the directions we're meant to go, but do we listen?
We can punch at the bricks all we want, but in the end we'll end up with bruised and bloody knuckles.

Instead of fighting it, what if we found an alternative way around that obstacle?
Could that simple shift in energy make me get further faster? Or any of us for that matter?

I run across people so stuck in their own ways,(we all have, you know the type.)  they're not willing to try something new or give change a chance. What's the fear? Failure?

In sixth grade I had my teacher Mrs. Moore, tell me, "the real failure was not trying." I took that to heart, I still live by that rule. I love trying something new. A food I've never tasted, a place I've never been, a pair of shoes that are funky.(I love my Naughty Monkeys) I like the unusual, I embrace it especially in others.

I've tried so many different things in my life that I ended up hating. What I did learn was, I don't like water skiing, my face being pulled along a violent blanket of water was not fun. I'm not patient enough to learn the piano, and reading music is like learning a foreign  language.

The things I learned I loved doing; I enjoy dancing, is a huge part of my weekly workout. ( GO ZUMBA!) I think Chocolate is a precious gift from the Gods, especially See's Chocolates. And last I love learning about improving, on about anything; cooking, cleaning, writing, you name it, I find it fascinating to lean on many, many different things.

In the end we all have tried things that we loved and some we hated. What were some for you and what did you learn from the experience? I think that's the most important part, the value we get out of it.