It has been said that all challenges have an inbuilt opportunity waiting to be realised. It is well when a challenge is thrust into the face of someone you do not know. What happens when you are in the whirlwind of a testing situation?
Thomas Fuller points out that 'A wise man turns chance into fortune.' The core issue here is that one must read the challenge as a 'chance' that is spelt out as an opportunity instead of a problem. To do that, you require a sober mind.
You should be able to see through the emotions that are swelling up in your brain. All that throbbing and heart racing, finger twitching and finger pointing must be brought under control. Once your heart is beating normally and you have complete control of all your faculties, you then look for the 'chance' that can turn into 'fortune'
The first thing that you should do is to ask yourself how you got into this particular situation. Chances are that your behaviour over the days gone by is responsible for your current state of mind. If you continue along the same thinking, your 'challenge' will persist.
The challenge has therefore afforded you with the opportunity to reflect on yourself. Grab this chance with both hands and use it to 'look' at yourself through a microscope.
If you are folded up in self doubt, low esteem and generally hate yourself, then you need to slap yourself hard on the face. That will open your mind to the fact that you brought yourself to this situation and YOU need to bring yourself OUT of this situation.
The fortune that Fuller talks about is right where you are. In fact you are the fortune and the fortune is you. There is no situation that you cannot overcome if you set your mind to it.
All that is needed in any situation is for you to claim responsibility of your circumstance; to think through the thought process that brought you to 'this' moment. Once you change that thought process, you will witness a different result.
Once you have acknowledged that you are the source of your troubles, you will be able to get up, dust yourself off and move on.
You are the only person on earth who has 100% responsibility for ALL your actions. You choose to fall. You choose to stay down. You choose to get up. You choose to forge ahead. It is all up to you.
As you dwell on your responses, be aware of the undeniable fact that you were created to be better that your circumstances. You can overcome.
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