You will be tested in the lessons you say you have learned. How do we not fail the tests we already have the answers to? We learn to STOP. PAUSE. THINK. RESPOND.

STOP. PAUSE. I was told it’s not nice to say SHUT UP to others but, to yourself, you can say just that. Or BE QUIET. Tell yourself to STOP. PAUSE. BE QUIET for a moment and then…

THINK. What is this? What’s happening? Is this a test of something I already know? Is this a lesson I have been over? If it is then…

RESPOND with knowledge or wisdom. RESPOND with experience. RESPOND with silence. You will know what to do or you will know the next time.

But what if you don’t know the answer to this test. What if it’s something different or you don’t remember? STOP. PAUSE. THINK. RESPOND with the best answer you can give/or not at all and ponder it more later if need be. If it’s nothing for now, let it go.

~Nikki