One of my best, best, best friends in the whole world called me today. He is one of the most positive, motivational people I know. No matter what happens in life, he's got a smile on his face and a kind word. We were discussing how many people have been affected by the economy and how many people we know (including ourselves) are making less now than we were 15 to 20 years ago.
There have been a lot of lessons to learn out of this hardship. Some people are resilient; some people get depressed; and others find opportunity and make lemons out of lemonade. I'm not going to lie, I'm down more than I have ever been in my life. But each day keeps getting better and better. There are so many cliche things said about a positive mental attitude, fake it til you make it, or fail forward. But they really are true. Some of my personal heroes in life have gone through the most devastating experiences a parent could go through and yet remained happy, joyful, and giving. We are not really tested until we see who were are in really hard times. It's a reminder to me to gauge my own attitude during life's hardships.
"What lies before us, and what lies behind us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." --Oliver Wendell Holmes
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