Finding Growth Through Life’s Disappointments

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Life is life. You will deal with life. You will deal with anger. You will deal with failures. You will deal with disappointments. You will deal with success. They will come to you, to us.

It is how you deal with them that will set you apart from the rest of us. Because life is full of ups and downs. Life is full of disappointments, failures.

When you are faced with one, you can do something about it. Do not run away from it. Instead of ignoring what you are going through, ask yourself, ‘What is this trying to teach me? What can I take away from this?’

If you can just sit with it for a while, you will find your own way forward. No matter how tough, do not give in to obstacles. Face them. Because if you do not, you are saying to yourself that your dreams are not worth fighting for, that your future is not worth your time, that you are not worth fighting for, that your loved ones are not fighting for, that your life is not worth fighting for.

I hope that is not what you are thinking. Because if you let disappointment take over your life, it can lead to unhappiness. If you do not face what you are going through in your life, it can lead to frustration.

Yes, it is not easy. But you can do it. You can dance with it. You can dance over it. Or you can dance under it. But do something about it. Because if you do not, you will regret it in the future.

Please, do something about it. You do not have to let what you are going through ruin your future. You do not have to let your frustration with your situation take over your life. Do not do that. Because there is nothing you cannot handle. With God, you can do anything. Do not forget that.

The Things That Matter

‘The things you care about

are the things that break your heart

are the things that give rise to excellence

and fill your life with meaning and joy.’- Brad Stulberg

When we care so much about something, no matter what it is, we will do things to keep it alive, to make it work, to bring it to life.

What we care about makes us feel special about ourselves. That is why you should pay attention to what makes you come alive, to what makes you really special, to what bring out the best in yourself.

Remember that it is not what you are doing that matters. It is how you feel about it that matters.

What you care about is the same thing that is going to make you unhappy when it is not working out.

And when you care about something, you have something to live for. When you care about other people, you put prople first.

When you care about yourself, you love yourself even more; you respect yourself even more.

No matter what is going on in your life, NEVER forget to take care of yourself. Because you matter.