My thoughts for the new format for this post is the word adversity and on Wednesday I set aside the day to inspire you to overcome and focus on a more positive outcome.
This quote will fit this post nicely on this subject:
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike.
When you are the anvil, bear --
when you are the hammer, strike.
~ Edwin Markham
This quote fits well in the discussion of adversity and character and being prepared for anything that may befall you.
Life happens and even the best intentions towards another may have a striking contrast to your original intentions. It does not mean they meant to derail your intentions it just meant life happened.
Perception is everything we have all heard that before but do we really understand that?
We all perceive things differently we can see the same thing and get a different response from 2 different people seeing the same thing.
For instance in a book I read I heard about the story of a one man on a subway train watching a man and his three kids who are in the state of chaos running around, yelling, and being unruly. The man just stares and does nothing to correct the situation. When the observer of all this chaos take the initiative to say something he soon finds out that the man lost his wife to cancer and is in a state of grief and is not even aware that his children are causing a disturbance and dealing with the grief in their own way. How quickly we change our perception once we know more facts. We now feel empathy and a sense of grief for the man and his three kids instead of anger and frustration.
So goes many things in life that seem to cause us frustration when we have no idea what is going on the other side of the fence.
Life happens.
It always will and the way we respond to what happens is often the most important thing. See poem from yesterday's post.
Life happens, yes we should plan. Yes we should set goals and monitor them and no we must not give up when life happens and pushes us down.
The great thinkers of the world never backed down and quit nor should we.
Let life happen but in the end make life happen and in the final assessment you can look back with gratitude and pride.
That todays walk through enjoy your day! : )
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