{"id":2198,"date":"2010-05-07T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2010\/05\/21-ways-to-overcome-disappoint-1.html"},"modified":"2010-05-07T07:00:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-07T07:00:10","slug":"21-ways-to-overcome-disappoint-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2010\/05\/21-ways-to-overcome-disappoint-1.html","title":{"rendered":"21 Ways to Overcome Disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"disappointment.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/import\/imgs\/disappointment.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>In the midst of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2010\/04\/dont-mistake-the-middle-for-th.html\">my disappointing publishing numbers, <\/a>I went back to read this gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Health\/Emotional-Health\/2010\/03\/21-Ways-to-Overcome-Disappointment.aspx\">21 Ways to Overcome Disappointment.<\/a> I suspect it will be one that I will go back to and read when I get that familiar nausea and don&#8217;t want to go on. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Health\/Emotional-Health\/2010\/03\/21-Ways-to-Overcome-Disappointment.aspx\">These 21 tips<\/a> are a bit of trivia (Walt Disney did get fired after his first media job) combined with inspirational verses. I&#8217;m only going to excerpt below the introduction because I want you to see the spectacular slides that go with each piece of text. Here you go &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Health\/Emotional-Health\/2010\/03\/21-Ways-to-Overcome-Disappointment.aspx\">21 Ways to Overcome Disappointment.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Health\/Emotional-Health\/2010\/03\/21-Ways-to-Overcome-Disappointment.aspx\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world,&#8221; wrote Helen Keller. How I wish she were wrong. Disappointments leave us with the unpleasant task of squashing, crushing, and pinching life&#8217;s lemons to extract anything to transform into lemonade. Let <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Health\/Emotional-Health\/2010\/03\/21-Ways-to-Overcome-Disappointment.aspx\">these techniques<\/a> help you more easily turn sour into sweet as you take steps to overcome disappointment. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Health\/Emotional-Health\/2010\/03\/21-Ways-to-Overcome-Disappointment.aspx?p=2\"><strong>To continue reading click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will all encounter dissapointment in this life, but we aren&#8217;t always equipped to handle it. Here are some practical tips for handling dissapointment. 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