Whenever you think “it can’t get worse” or “this must be rock bottom” it inevitably tends to get worse. It can be small minuscule tasks, or large things, rock bottom, is not actually the bottom. This post is slightly more related to life than it is failure, but it teaches an important lesson. The lesson that I am trying to share has to do with how we view our situations. There is a slim chance that I will manage to have a good and successful way if I go around saying “well, it couldn’t get worse.” I have a story to go along with the post. It was from my senior year of high school. I was running late for school - well late to my standards - and I was rushing out the door. When I got in my car, I was driving too fast, and hit the curb on the corner of my street. I ended up popping the tire and throwing off the alignment of my car. I thought the day truly could not get worse, and I said that very thing out loud, next thing I knew I had a surprise quiz in Calculus, which didn’t go my way. Then I realized I forgot my English homework for English, and the whole day fell apart. When I could have viewed the accident for what it was: an accident, I ended up inflicting a whole bunch of crappy situations on top of it all. My mindset for the rest of the day was changed.
This happens to all of us in some form. One event has the power to make a day go from great too poor, but it's not actually the event itself, but how we take it, how we understand and how we decide to move forward. Take events as they are, there is not need to overthink them or dwell on them, especially if they are negative events. Or things that can tear you down. Every day we are exposed to a lot of different people, situations, and choices. We have the power to decide how those things affect our day. We are responsible for our own actions, and how we choose to view the events in our life. One negative event does not need to be the defining moment for an entire day, taking those thighs for what they are can lead to a greater success. I have one more small story, this one is an example from when I took what was said to me as what it was, and did not let it define me. When I was in 6th grade, I was excitedly signing up for classes for middle school. The decision at hand was Pre Algebra or Math 7, my teacher didn’t think that I could take the upper level math, she told me I was not smart enough. While I could have gotten mad or thrown a fit. I was determined, I told her I would be taking it, and that she needed to sign my paper - in a respectful manner. And now, years later, I not only stayed ahead in school, but also kept up in the classes proving to her, and more importantly myself. I didn’t let that teacher's opinion get in the way, and I managed to be successful, even taking the most advanced math offered at my high school. It was how I chose to react that allowed the situation not to snowball into something negative. When you change your mindset you have a better chance of not seeing the basement to rock bottom.
The picture shows the day I popped my tire from hitting the curb.
This happens to all of us in some form. One event has the power to make a day go from great too poor, but it's not actually the event itself, but how we take it, how we understand and how we decide to move forward. Take events as they are, there is not need to overthink them or dwell on them, especially if they are negative events. Or things that can tear you down. Every day we are exposed to a lot of different people, situations, and choices. We have the power to decide how those things affect our day. We are responsible for our own actions, and how we choose to view the events in our life. One negative event does not need to be the defining moment for an entire day, taking those thighs for what they are can lead to a greater success. I have one more small story, this one is an example from when I took what was said to me as what it was, and did not let it define me. When I was in 6th grade, I was excitedly signing up for classes for middle school. The decision at hand was Pre Algebra or Math 7, my teacher didn’t think that I could take the upper level math, she told me I was not smart enough. While I could have gotten mad or thrown a fit. I was determined, I told her I would be taking it, and that she needed to sign my paper - in a respectful manner. And now, years later, I not only stayed ahead in school, but also kept up in the classes proving to her, and more importantly myself. I didn’t let that teacher's opinion get in the way, and I managed to be successful, even taking the most advanced math offered at my high school. It was how I chose to react that allowed the situation not to snowball into something negative. When you change your mindset you have a better chance of not seeing the basement to rock bottom.
The picture shows the day I popped my tire from hitting the curb.
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