How to react when bad things happen?

You get cut off in traffic.  It happens.

Your best client buys somewhere else.  It happens.

You go jogging and pull a muscle.  It happens.

You go to a great movie that turns out to be a dud.  It happens.

You study and still get a C.  It happens.

You negotiate a complicated deal that falls apart.  It happens.

You try and fail.  You work hard and go unacknowledged.  You eat right and get sick.  You buy a lottery ticket and lose.  You ask and are refused.  You smile and get a sneer back.  You give and aren’t thanked.  You order and get the wrong package.  It happens.

It happens.

Is it personal?

Is it permanent?

You can’t protect yourself, your family, your business, your investments from every calamity.  If you think you are the invincible Master of the Universe, you need professional help.

When life happens not as you want it, how are you going to react?  Will you be implusive or thoughtful?  Are you a tough, thoughtful, spiritual person of action?  Are you the stand up person that others can rely upon for calmness and reason?  Are you an instigator, a whiner or a leader?

It happens and how you respond is your choice.