Too often, we as a society lose track of one very important item when it comes to what we deem as our destiny or fate. That one simple thing is simply who controls it!
I hear story after story from my friends, colleagues and yes, even family members just how wrong life has treated them! In fact I have fallen victim of this very thing plenty of times in my life. The reality is that there is only one person that truly is in control of your destiny and that person is you!
There are plenty of analogies out there, certainly the most common would be, “Is the glass half empty or half full?” This quote is strong but I believe I have one that applies on a deeper personal level.
A very dear friend of mine has a saying that has stuck with me since the day I heard it. He is not the original author of this quote; however, he happily claims it to be his motto as do I. This quote has impacted his life and mine more than one could ever imagine.
The quote is this, “When life deals you lemons make lemonade”. These Seven words individually are no different than any other but strung together they describe what each and every one of us should strive for in EVERY aspect of our lives.
What we must recognize is that we are not in control of what “Life” brings to us at any given moment. Odds are very strong that each one of us will experience some form of setback, tragedy or loss in our lifetime. Life is comprised of good and bad…no one is ever excluded.
So we understand that we cannot control life, so the question now becomes what do we do with what we are dealt?
I am no different; I remember a few years back talking to a friend about how unfair the company was that I was working for. I went on to say that the company didn’t appreciate me and I was never given any credit for all the amazing things that I did for them! Does this sound familiar? Well I continued on my rant “blah, blah, blah”, “the company did this to me and the company did not do that for me”. My friend stopped me and said, “I hear all these things that the company is doing to you but what are you doing?” My first reaction to his question was one of anger. How could he be so insensitive after I explained just how unfair I was being treated! He had the nerve to question me as to what I was doing!
I later realized that I had no right to be angry at my friend. He was simply asking the obvious question and being a true friend there to help me!
My friend went on to tell me this, “We cannot control any of the outside circumstances we are dealt whether it is in our professional or personal life. The only thing we have complete control over is ourselves. The real question is not why are they doing all these things to you? The true question is what are you doing about it?”
WOW…I did not realize at the time that I lived my life as a victim of failure blaming everyone else for my lack of success!
In that moment I realized that I had been living my life as an excuse. Nothing prior to that moment was ever my fault, I never in my mind made a mistake because it was always someone else’s fault!
On that very day I made a vow to myself that I was no longer going to allow life to control me, no…I was now going to be in control of my own destiny through my actions with everything I have in my ability to change.
I want to share an inspirational video with you that was sent to me through a friend in a social group that I am a member of.
This person in this video is a firm believer that he has NEVER been a victim. He is the epitome of “When life deals you lemons make lemonade”. His name is Nick Vujicic Click his name and see how amazing this man is.
Look within yourself, do a mental rewind in your head if you will. How are you dealing with life? Are you attacking it or are you letting life attack you?
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