{"id":7576,"date":"2013-09-25T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T04:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=7576"},"modified":"2013-09-24T23:18:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T03:18:38","slug":"life-what-an-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2013\/09\/life-what-an-opportunity.html","title":{"rendered":"Life &#8211; What an Opportunity!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2013\/09\/Fly-above-the-storms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7588\" alt=\"Fly above the storms\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2013\/09\/Fly-above-the-storms-300x226.jpg\" width=\"535\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !mso]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: black\">\u201cHardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust.\u00a0 From the daily experience of hardship comes a greater capacity to accept difficulties without losing our sense of inner calm.\u00a0 Of course, I do not advocate seeking out hardship as a way of life, but merely wish to suggest that, if you relate to it constructively, it can bring greater inner strength and fortitude.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: black\">Dalai Lama<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: navy\">Life brings pain and discomfort and no one can escape it.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">By not resisting it you transcend it.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080\"> See your wisest and greatest outcomes.\u00a0<\/span> T<span style=\"color: navy\">urn your disadvantages into advantages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: navy\">The key is not necessarily doing something different, <em>but being different<\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">Allow life to be the way it is, don&#8217;t resist it or try to change it.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">Use the situation to empower yourself and take your best action at the most appropriate time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: navy\">Find ways to discover advantages in your disadvantages.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000080\">Be creative and curious&#8230;..like a child.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">There are opportunities within every problem.\u00a0 Turn frustration into fascination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: navy\">Very important &#8211; <em>Complaining does not help you<\/em>, it wastes your vital energy and resources and attracts more negativity.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">Just let go and allow what is to be the way it is.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000080\">Respond instead of reacting.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"color: navy\">Observe without judgment and discover what is happening and what is best for you and others now.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">Then take the appropriate action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: navy\">You can grow, transform and be successful from exactly where you are now.<\/span>\u00a0 U<span style=\"color: navy\">se whatever challenges you have as opportunities for growth and development.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">The greater the challenge, the greater the potential success or triumph!\u00a0 What an opportunity!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: navy\">This moment is your point of greatest power.\u00a0 What is happening must happen so make the best out of it.\u00a0 Make the highest and best choices for you and the world.\u00a0 Worst case, turn lemons into lemonade.\u00a0 Best case. <strong><em>create miracles<\/em>!<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: navy\">smiles,<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude42 Lee<br \/>\n<em>The MEGA Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2013\/09\/Go-Forward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7578\" alt=\"Go Forward\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2013\/09\/Go-Forward.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust.\u00a0 From the daily experience of hardship comes a greater capacity to accept difficulties without losing our sense of inner calm.\u00a0 Of course, I do not advocate seeking out hardship as a way of life, 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