You Have No Problems

Dear lovely people,

Exactly a year ago, I was inspired to share this message on Facebook. On its anniversary today, I was reflecting on a caption to give it when my wife shouted “You have no problems” and so I tell you as you read through this, if you thought you had problems, you still have the time to change your thinking….

“Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.” - John F. Kennedy

I get the point. So your business failed, you failed the recruitment exam, and as if that was not enough, you lost your shares in the last investment you did. Recently, your landlord sent you parking, your car was stolen and now you are telling me the contract that was awarded to you last week has been canceled? Goodness! There are times like that… hear me out…

Many more people have never had a business at all let alone a failed one. Many more have never been shortlisted for a recruitment exam. Millions of people can’t afford a share in a business and thousands are those who are homeless and can’t afford even a month’s rents. Do you know millions don’t dream of ever owning a car? Thousands are those who don’t know what a contract is let alone having an annulled one. So do you still think you have problems?

Relax, at the center of all aridity and hardship are buried lessons and opportunities. Dig deeper at such moments so you can learn the lessons, correct course, grab the opportunities and move on in a better way. “Plan with God” says the writing on a local transporter’s truck I knew years back.

While Albert Einstein points out clearly that “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it”, Voltaire concludes that “No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.”

Build your reservoir of courage to accept your failures so you can overcome them and grow. NEVER GIVE UP even when all around you think you are finished. Tell yourself "My God is still alive, it’s not finished until He says so.” Smile and start all over again with faith. It will be well with you.