Dear lovely people,
“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from
distress, and grows brave by reflection” says Thomas Paine
It’s a fact that trouble will never
stop coming your way. Even if you don’t look for trouble, it will come knocking
at your door and sometimes in a chain this might be what pushed somebody to say
“it never rains but it pours.”
The question then is what do you do when the problems come and keep coming? Do you
give up or fight back?
Martin
Luther King, Jr insists that “We must accept finite disappointment, but
never lose infinite hope…” and I strongly agree with him. No matter how
big the problems that come your way are, they are finite and thus will come to
pass.
Phillip
Sweet calls on anybody who has problems to “Stay true to yourself, yet always be open
to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else
believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you
need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.”
Robinson
the popular plumber had a spectacular way of dealing with his problems. A young
entrepreneurial lady hired Robinson at one time to help her restore an old farmhouse, and he had just finished a rough first
day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill
quit, and his ancient one ton truck refused to start. While she drove Robinson
home that evening, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited her in to
meet his family. As they walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a
small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands.
When opening the door, he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned
face was wreathed in smiles, and he hugged his two small children and gave his
wife a kiss.
Afterward, he walked back to the car. They passed the tree, and her
curiosity got the better of her. She asked Robinson about what she had seen him
do earlier. "Oh, that's my
trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having
troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure; those troubles don't belong in
the house with my wife and the children. So, I just hang them up on the tree
every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the
morning, I pick them up again.” Funny thing is, Robinson smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick
them up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night
before."
Confucius
says “Our
greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Because as Bernard Williams adds “There was never a night or a problem that
could defeat sunrise or hope.”
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