Why do some people seem to excel in life and others do not? Why do some people, against all the odds, still come out on top? Is it that they are just lucky? Do they have a guardian angel? Are they always in the right place at the right time?
How can it be, on the one hand, we have the likes of Professor Stephen Hawking who has excelled in his role at Cambridge University as a theoretical physicist, a position previously held by Sir Issac Newton, despite being severely disabled by motor neuron disease. On the other hand we have someone like Amy Winehouse who is a young, healthy, gifted singer songwriter with a potentially bright future ahead of her, but finds it so hard to deal with real life and is intent on destroying herself.
So what is the difference that makes the difference?
People who succeed do not have fewer problems than people who fail
The difference is the way in which we communicate with ourselves & the actions we take
It is not what happens to us that separates failure from success, it is how we perceive it & what we do about it.
Simone
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Yes I agree that your attitude to problems determines how succuessful you are in overcoming them. I was just watching a video by Eckhart Tolle who also mentioned how calm and happy Stephen Hawkings is. To accept the now in its totality is quite a challenge, but its better than being limited by the past or the future.
ReplyDeleteI also agree, I believe life is all about 'lessons'. With every obstacle we encounter over the course of our lives, we have choices to make. It's fine if we make the wrong choice but we need to have the correct attitude in order to actually LEARN from our mistakes, learning from our mistakes is the only way we can ever get to the next level. Someone like Amy Winehouse will continue on the same merry-go-round until she decides to learn from her mistakes.
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ReplyDeletelife is what you make it, and life makes you who you are. I believe life is one big lesson, some of us are capable of learning through the lessons life gives, others struggle to interpret what the lesson is and go the wrong the way. Amy is one of those people I think. some choices are easy to make, some lessons are easy to learn, if asked who would say all the lessons they have been dealt in life were easy?
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