{"id":1157,"date":"2011-07-11T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T04:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2011-07-10T23:36:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T03:36:23","slug":"turn-disadvantages-into-advantages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/07\/turn-disadvantages-into-advantages.html","title":{"rendered":"Turn Disadvantages Into Advantages!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don't look back!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Is life tough lately?
\nDealing with or feeling any stress in your health, relationships, career or finances?<\/span><\/p>\n

Life brings pain and discomfort and no one can escape it.<\/span>
\nBy not resisting it you can transcend it.<\/span>
\n You can turn your disadvantages into advantages.<\/span><\/p>\n

The key is not necessarily doing something different, but being different.<\/span>
\n Allow life to be the way it is, do not resist it or try to change it.<\/span>
\n Ride the horse in the direction it is going and use the flow to empower yourself and to take your best action at the most appropriate time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find ways to discover advantages in your disadvantages.
\nOpportunities are always within a problem.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember, your perceptions color all of your thoughts, decisions, feelings and actions.<\/span>
\n Stop taking things personally or being a victim.<\/span>
\n Life happens.\u00a0 Disengage from the negativity and seek a clear perspective.<\/span>
\n This clarity will allow you to be objective and create optimal solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of all, give yourself some grace.<\/span>
\n You are the way you are and it is not a mistake.<\/span>
\n It does not matter what your present circumstances are.<\/span>
\n This is the hand you were dealt in life and this is where you must begin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Complaining will not help, it wastes your vital energy and resources and attracts more negativity.<\/span>
\n Just let go and allow what is to be the way it is.<\/span>
\n Observe without judgment and discover where you really are and what is best for you now.<\/span>
\n Then take the appropriate action.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can grow, transform and be successful from exactly where you are now.<\/span>
\n You can use whatever challenges you have as opportunities for growth and development.<\/span>
\n The greater the challenge, the greater the potential success or triumph!<\/span><\/p>\n

So stop looking back, or driving while looking in your rear-view mirror.<\/span>
\n Go forward.\u00a0 Be positive, encourage yourself and others.<\/span>
\n Give yourself and others grace.<\/span>
\n You will transform your problems into solutions and your fear and frustration into fascination.<\/span><\/p>\n

blessings,<\/span>
\n \ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span>
\n The Mega Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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