PROBLEMS INTO OPPORTUNITIES

                            TURN YOUR PROBLEMS INTO OPPORTUNITIES

                 WHEN FACED WITH PROBLEMS OR SETBACKS IN YOUR LIFE, WHAT IS YOUR IMMEDIATE REACTION? IF YOU'RE LIKE MOST PEOPLE, YOUR FIRST IMPULSE IS TO COMPLAIN, WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME? WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW? MY PLANS ARE RUINED!.

                 THIS RESPONSE IS ONLY NATURAL. HOWEVER AFTER THE INITIAL DISAPPOINTMENT WEARS OFF, YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. YOU CAN EITHER WALLOW IN MISERY AND DWELL ON THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF YOUR SITUATION OR YOU CAN FIND THE BENEFIT OR LESSON THAT THE PROBLEM IS OFFERING.

                YES, YOU'LL PROBABLY FACE A PERIOD OF UNCERTAINLY OR STRUGGLE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A FLIP SIDE TO THE DIFFICULTY. YOU SEE,  A PROBLEM IS OFTEN NOT A PROBLEM MAY POINT OUT AN ADJUSTMENT YOU CAN MAKE TO IMPROVE CERTAIN CONDITIONS IN YOUR LIFE. WITHOUT THE PROBLEM, YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE TAKEN THIS POSITIVE ACTION.

               FOR EXAMPLE YOU PROBABLY KNOW OR HAVE HEARD ABOUT SOMEONE WHO LOST HIS OR HER HOB AND THEN WENT ON TO START A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. OFTEN THAT PERSON WILL TELL YOU THAT IF HE OR SHE HADNOT BEEN LAID OFF, THE NEW BUSINESS WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN STARTED, WHAT STARTED AS AN ADVERSITY ENDED UP AS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.

              HOW ABOUT THE TIMES YOU WERE ABSOLETLY CONVINSED THAT A PARTICULAR JOB WAS PERFECT FOR YOU, YOU HAD A GREAT INTERVIEW AND JUST COULD'NT WAIT FOR THE OFFER. BUT THE OFFER NEVER CAME, SOMEONE ELSE GOT THE JOB. YOU WERE DEVASTATED! DAYS OR MONTHS LATER A NEW JOB CAME ALONG, AND YOU REALIZED THAT THE FIRST POSITION WAS MUCH LESS DESIRABLE THAN THE ONE THAT CAME ALONG LATER. THE EARLIER REJECTION WAS, IN FACT, A BLESSING. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE DEAL ON THE DREAM HOUSE. WHICH FALLS THROUGH.... ONLY TO BE REPLACED BY SOMETHING EVEN BETTER..