How can the Firewalk be applied to everyday life?
In my experience whenever I have a challenge in my life, I equate that challenge with a bed of hot coals. Heat from the coals or heat from a challenge is one and the same for me. What I choose to do with that information is what makes the difference. For an example: A very dear friend of mine who had very challenging children, when we would be talking on the phone often would say, “I hate my children.” That statement would make me feel uncomfortable knowing that the children were in her presence when she was saying this to me. I could hear them over the phone. She didn’t mean that she hated her children, she just disliked their behavior and was often frustrated by it. So, I had a choice to make. I decided to take up this challenge with her. Before I spoke to her, I realized this was my Firewalk, my bed of coals. I had to accept that when I speak with her about this situation, she may choose to tell me to bud out and perhaps be angry enough to end our relationship. When I accepted that
