The harder things are . . .

# Chapter 228

The harder things are, the more inherent opportunities there are in the making. The most difficult thing is how nearly impossible it is to see them, because we are so consumed with the difficulties we are experiencing. This is understandable but really unfortunately because of said opportunities. So we have to train ourselves to think “crap things are getting tougher and tougher. That means I gotta search and look for the opportunities.” We have to train ourselves so diligently that this lesson happens almost by default without any thinking, otherwise it generally won’t happen. I mean come on, be real, who is gonna stop in the middle of losing their job and think, “Oh I wonder where the goodies are in this terrible event?”

More often we look back and see the opportunities that were happening while we were going through whatever we were going through and we recognize the blessings that it brought and the chances to change things that slipped through our hands. But looking back is too late to take advantage of all those possibilities, even though it is never a bad idea to look back and be thankful. However if we are to gain more than scars from the painful moments in life, we have to find a way to look forward while hurting and while struggling.

I have not yet developed a great system for doing this, it is difficult for obvious reasons. If you have better ideas than I do, which is likely, shoot me an email.