What season are you in?
Things can be dark and cold at times but after this the sun comes out. Know what season you are in so that you can prepare for the next one. Do not make things worse than they are and do not make things better than they are. You must be equally prepared for each season.
When things are good, enjoy them. When things are bad, reflect on it. There are two extremes that you will bounce between and each one can be learning opportunity for the next time you are in that season.
How do you feel at your lowest moment? Down, depressed, discourage, no energy, irritable, angry?
You begin to question everything. You wonder why you are still going on. You are trapped in a situation you can’t get out of. Just when you think things can’t get any worse they do. You are on your last attempt. Your last straw. Your last breath. Your back is up against the wall and there is no where else to go. You are desperate and willing to do whatever it takes.
Only when you are in this state that it finally clicks. You no longer focus on how bad it is because you already know. You turn you focus to opportunity. You think of what actions you can take to turn your situation around. The light begins to shine through and it is up to you to continue to seek light or retreat back into the darkness.
Some days are nice and sunny.
Some days are cold and rainy.
Make the best out of today and plan for tomorrow
Everyday is a new day with new blessings to be found. Sometimes it feels like the day is not starting out good but it can always turn around for the better.
Jim Rohn talks about life being like the season. If you are in the cold of winter just trying to survive then its time to get excited because spring is on the way. Soon everything you have been struggling for will pay off. The seeds you plant will start to grown and life will being to emerge. Soon you will be enjoying the fruits of your labor and nothing tastes as good as something you worked hard for.
The external world is what it is. The sun rises every morning and sets every night. The season are always the same. Summer is after Spring and before Fall which is followed by winter. There are 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week and 365 days in a year. This has been constant for as far back as humans have existed. Things are what they are and there is nothing you can do to change things or change people.
The only thing we can change is our own perception of how we see things. We can change the meaning we give things. We can change our attitude. We can change how we use our body. We can change what we focus on. Change any of these things and you will get different results out of life. Your outcomes will improve if you improve.
The Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuhr
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