One day life will punch you in the stomach with a situation that may be life threatening or a tough situation. This is a guarantee in life. The question will not be how will you avoid it? The question will be, “What will you do about it?” How will you respond to life’s challenges? I know that you have two choices. One will be that you can just lie down and the other is that you can rise up and face the challenge. The choice will always be yours. The outcome is depended on your attitude.
What will it do for you to give up? I was talking to one of my attorneys one day and he told me about one of his clients. He had walked by the client in the parking lot one day (they had offices in the same complex) . He asked his client how he was doing and his client said, “Well I have just found out I have prostate cancer and I am closing down by business. I will probably not see you next year as I will more than likely be dead!” He would die three months later as he had already decided he would die! The brain is a powerful tool and when you tell your brain what is going to happen, it makes it happen. Now I am not God or a doctor but I am pretty sure that his client could have made it a long time if he could change his mind. I mean think about what he did. He prepared his store for closing as he had already lost. He was willing to accept his sentence and take the death sentence. In the book by Lance Armstrong called It’s not about the Bike; Lance shows a spirit that said to the world that he will not lie down and die. His mother and his wife had the same spirit. His friends and family all were resolved to beat this cancer he had. He had testicular cancer which is very fast moving. He decided that he had no choice but to beat it and he did. He also went on to have a career that has been even more victorious than before the cancer. Lance showed me that I decide how the show ends by the way I think. Giving up is never an option for me. I have never had cancer and I hope I never do but if I do, I will not lay down and die. What will you do if you had cancer? What do you do if you are bankrupt? What do you do when your kids act up? How about when you are fighting with your spouse or if your business is failing? Do you lay down and take it?
I know that when harsh situations and bad circumstances present themselves in life you go into survival mode. This is very normal and you are not alone but consider this if you will. What would happen if you decided not to survive but instead you decided to thrive instead? Think about that idea. Instead of just getting through the situation, you actually came out ahead. How amazing would that feel to you? Wouldn’t that just empower you forever? Wouldn’t you just continually be able to take every bad situation and turn it around as once you learn the secret to success, it changes the whole way you approach situations. Life will never change. You will always be presented with these unavoidable realities and you will always have a choice how you deal with them. No, life will not always come out exactly how you want, but you will have a much better chance at making it the way you want it. Do not lie down or go into survival mode. Rise up and take a stance on the outcome. Be brave and face down adversity and give yourself a fighting chance. If I am wrong, then you will still die of cancer. If I am right, then you will be in permanent remission and living a full life. Call me on your one year reunion of your remission. I would love to add you to my success stories.
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