Dr. Charlie Shedd, author of Letters to Karen and Letters to Philip, once said "the biggest trouble with trouble is that it keeps us expecting more trouble."
My dad would train his dogs and a few horses to not shy from the sound of a gun-shot. I aways thought it was strange that you would have to do that because all the dogs I grew up didn't run away from the sound of a gun. Yet, years later we bought a Collie and he would hear firecrackers and go absolutely nuts trying to get in the house he was so scared.
Failures in life can be like gun-shots. We are taught about succeeding and we hear about "when you get knocked down, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and getting going again." But how many times, and what does it do to your attitude? I've talked, written, and tweeted about "what you say when you talk to yourself." That is actually the name of a book I have by Shad Helmstetter and it was the first book my wife ever say me purchase 25 years ago. She was wondering "what?" The techniques in the book helped me through some things then and have many times since. Without getting into a deep positive-mental-attitude agenda, we do need to be careful about what we think, what we say to ourselves, the "pictures we have in our head."
Remember that "failure is an event, not a person." (Zig)
Today, let's expect great things! Today is the day my Lord has made and I'll rejoice and be glad in it.
To that end.....God Bless
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Remember who created us and how much He loves and adores us. We are His children. We need to treat ourselves kindly...easier said than done? yes, but He said to love others as we love ourself. Love yourself just as you are just as He does!
Danny,
So true, it's how you communicate to yourself. That little voice is either putting positive or negative into your thoughts and actions.
BTW...I'll dust off that book also, because I have it as well.
Thanks for the thoughts.
Blair Evan Ball
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