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?Ar r gh h h . On e Ch al l en ge Af t er An ot h er .?
By Feat u r ed Col u m n i st El l en Wood
The dog barfed on the new carpet, Aunt
Lizzie is coming with her new boyfriend
and the house (and you) aren?t ready,
telemarketers keep calling and the
washing machine just stopped working.
You?re ready to tear your hair out.
We all have days like that ? one challenge
after another. It?s frustrating! Just when we
think we?ve got everything under control
and life is straightening out, something
happens to throw us off kilter. As John
Lennon said, ?Life is what happens when
we?re making other plans.?
That?s life! We can never get it under
control.
But you have a choice in how to respond in
the fall-out of a situation that is difficult.
Perhaps you?ve made your best choice, but
there still may be parts of the situation
that are hard to digest. For example, you
miss a flight because you didn?t get to the
airport on time. Instead of letting your
blood pressure rise and berating yourself ?
or your driver, or the traffic ? you take a
deep breath and decide to use your extra
time before the next flight to read a book
you have in your carry-on. Great! You?ve
chosen how to respond.
Now, to take it to the next level, here?s a
suggestion for the next thing to do: say
something good will come of this. Then
expect something good and watch for it.
Maybe you?ll meet someone at the airport
and have a great connection. Maybe you?ll
run into an old friend. Maybe you?ll feel
refreshed after a few unplanned hours of
alone time.
When faced with a challenge I say
something good will come of this and time
and time again, something wonderful
happens as a result. I believe that saying
something good will come of this puts my
mind in a place where I am looking for the
blessing. Maybe there?s always a blessing
and we miss it by bemoaning the situation.
Rather than let my mind run on automatic
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