No matter how much a situation stinks – try to embrace the challenge head-on. If you acknowledge the problem, give yourself a little time to get angry, then dust yourself off and try, try again. There are plenty of opportunities to grow and learn from every life experience, including the negative and the unexpected. If you remain open-minded, especially when things go wrong, you might find some unexpected lessons and rewards.
Stop asking, “why me?” Why not you? Sometimes negative things happen to good people in life. When things fail to go the way that you had planned, remember that sometimes almost everyone is “forced” into a new decision or direction. Truth is, it is often the opportunities that you never saw coming that can create the greatest impact in your life.
As you navigate setbacks, find ways to turn a miserable experience into a positive opportunity for someone else. By sharing what you “learned the hard way” with others, you can turn your misery into meaning. Helping someone else avoid making the same or similar mistakes can empower you to share your knowledge and experience with even more people in the future.
This week embrace a sense of positivity even in the most negative of situations.
