Everyone goes through good and tough times in their lives. Perhaps we are lives, enjoying very day until the day that an obstacle or challenge presents in our lives. This could be a small obstacle or could be something really serious, heartbreaking and depressing that could happen to us. When this happens what is important to remember is that you can choose how to respond to this challenge.
Ultimately everything in our lives boils down to the way in which we respond to situations. Our life is a succession of choices that we make when we are presented with situations or events. Some of the choices we make. Many times we make these choices unconsciously because we have been conditioned that way. The secret that allows you to convert your challenges into opportunities is remembering that ultimately we have the power to decide how we will react to situations.
Let’s consider the simplified idea of seeing the glass full or empty. Each of us perceives a situation in different ways, depending on our conditioning, our background, upbringing and many other aspects that influence how we see an event. Imagine a situation of a car accident, provided there are no injuries the drivers of the cars involved in the accident t will not be happy with the situation, but the tow truck driver that gets to the accident scene would be the happiest person in this situation. Can you see two totally opposing perspectives? The two persons involved in the accident would have a bad day if they choose to but for the tow truck driver it would have been a great day.
What this example tells us that the world around us simply exists, but it is us who puts the perceptions and feelings that make a situation positive or negative. I say this again, the world simply exists; it is our perception that determines if a situation is good or bad. Because we are creative, and we are in control of our thoughts then we can choose to make the situation positive or negative. If we are faced with an event or situation where we reacted negatively before we can choose now to change that and react in a positive manner. We can choose to create positive beliefs about the event. Remember you can create your own beliefs; you can change all your beliefs around and make them positive.
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