Remember in the movie Apollo 13, when Tom Hanks says, “Houston, we have a problem”?* When the astronaut declared a problem, he didn’t think that he had the solution to that problem, although I bet he was hoping he did! But the solution was there, in the space capsule with the intrepid spacemen. A piece of this, a part from that, and a lot of ingenuity from the support people on the ground, and Apollo 13 returned safely to Earth.
We, too, often think we have a problem. Something is wrong and we don’t think it can be fixed, at least not by ourselves. We don’t believe we have all the materials and tools necessary to make repairs on our lives.
You do have everything you need. Everything you need is right before you, available for your use. We are given what we need; our job is to recognize that, to recognize the gifts, to take them and make good use of them. Sometimes we can figure things out on our own, and other times we need help from others. Help can be from someone on your “team”, as with the Apollo 13 mission, or it can come from strangers, or from that mysterious place deep within you – your Highest Self. Accept what is offered and know that it is enough.
*As the movie is a dramatization of a real event, the line is actually paraphrased from the conversation between Houston and astronauts John Swigert, Jr. and James Lovell.
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