Adversity and trials are like hot water: they tell you what you’re made of. If you’re an egg, you harden and become cynical. If you’re a carrot you soften and resign yourself. If you are a coffee bean you change the nature of the water. Life doesn’t happen to me — I happen to IT.
“How’s life treating you?” I often hear people ask.
“Why should I care?” I ask myself.
One cannot predict the vicissitudes of life. One cannot control other people’s perspectives or reactions. One cannot control the moving of markets, random occurrences, or the invasion of happenstance upon our daily routines. Why would we become hardened or weakened by any of the above if we could help it?
The more resilient approach is to wake and ask, “Let’s see what you’ve got today, life. I’m ready and able to meet whatever happens to come my way.” This is not based on hubris, it is based on a clear understanding of what we can and cannot control.
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