MAKE FAILURE YOUR TEACHER, NOT YOUR UNDERTAKER

Sometimes little irritations, mistakes, and failures come our way that are not earth-

shattering or life-changing, but they cause a momentary stop in our progress. Sometimes we permit the little incidents to linger entirely too long and give us problems far beyond their significance. Let’s say that you are caught in one of these situations, and at the moment you are not depressed, but you’re not exactly on cloud nine either. As a result, you know that you are not as friendly or as productive as you want to be, so you want to snap out of it. What do you do?

STEP 1:

Acknowledge that you’re in a funky mood; you’ve got the “blahs”

STEP 2:

Recognize that your momentary switch from positive thinking to “stinking’ thinking’ ” is neither permanent nor even life-threatening, so it won’t be fatal. It’s eventually going to end, so instead of waiting for a change in circumstances to bring an end to the “blahs,” make a conscious decision to end them yourself! Which means, you have once again accepted responsibility for improving your circumstances. When you take that responsibility, your circumstances will change and you will have turned a small tragedy into a big triumph.

“Don’t you know that this good man, though you trip him up seven times, will each time rise again” Proverbs 24: 1-6

If you like this post, then Like it on Facebook, Share it on Facebook, tweet it, Digg it, Stumble it, Reddit, Pin it

“Don’t forget to subscribe for my feed RSS”