Life sometimes is unpredictable
The daily challenges of life could cause many of us to take a detour. The choices we make during our darkest hour may leave scars that root deeply in our minds. Life throws curve balls. With the right glove we can catch this curve, and throw a strike that will reduce its' effects.
I remember when life suddenly removed a family member from work, what a devastating curve. Loosing a job is like seeing all your dreams take flight and as its' flying away it never looks back to say goodbye. 3 years no work, less income, and the bills continued to pile up. Stacks and stacks it seemed to weigh us down with bell bars that are too heavy to lift. I quest I could have crumbled, become depressed, and feel like a failure. I had others to consider in this web of fear, hopelessness, and frustration.
Life is challenging and this roller coaster we ride brings goodness as well. We have to find the good news and hold fast to it because it gives us hope. When these 3 F's arrive at your door, packaged nicely, smelling good and offering good deals reject them. I call the 3 F's frustration, fear, and failure.
Frustration
- Isolation and never sharing your current troubles with others
- angry, bitter, and being mean to others
- prepares a pity party and inviting no one
- making excuses and procrastinate
- Decisions waver
- distorting the story
- recalling events of the past
- prevents you from moving forward
Failure
- Sadness
- defeated
- weary
- troubled
- despair
- desperation
Life throws curves, and the roller coaster can violently shake us, but we must be immovable, strong and see past the frustration, fear and failures of life, because life also gives us another chance to change our directions.
