Life is beautiful and yes tough. Seasons keep changing and at times it is hard to be okay, hard to be happy, hard to be perfect. A bereavement, a loss of a job is devastating and changes the course of life as other life-threatening events.
However, the best happens in life in times of hardship.
- What do we do when confronted with crises?
- What do we do when seemingly situation is not in our control?
- What do we do when the chips are down?
- How do we break the wall we have built around us?
- Should we stand helpless, hopeless and resign to our fate?
Obviously not! Perspective encompasses the universe of our thinking, feeling, and doing. However, our viewpoint and experiences are not all that matters…. a fresh view, a new idea, or opportunity is all it takes to help us to see the light at the end of the tunnel.How do we then manage our life, and where we want to be?
Simple! Revisit the DNA of the person we are ….and can be!
- Ability to update the book of life as varying shades of light changes the landscape view.
- Acceptance of circumstances changes the twist in the tale.
- Adaptability to flow with the tide and the inevitable for growth.
- Appreciation of lessons learnt as light shows us the direction and darkness the twinkling stars.
- Attitude to let go and move ahead for the next chapter of our life.
- Belief we are permanently anchored regardless of the situation is and will be.
- Capability to reset our priorities for family and loved one that are lost in the humdrum of life.
- Confidence to unravel the thorny path by taking the first step.
- Courage to continue as neither success is final, nor failure is fatal.
- Constructive response as it what we think we become, and it is not about what we feel and experience in a situation.
- Choice to control and ensure the boat remains afloat in the deep seas than allow it to drown.
- Determination to drop the heavy burden that we carry in our heart as happiness and sorrows are not limited to what we store within us.
- Detachment to let go and view life from front windshield than the rear view.
- Emotional resilience to stop the tears as tears stop us from seeing the stars.
- Faith and hope there is brighter side of the story, than getting overwhelmed.
- Flexibility to find different solutions to big or small problems and not paint all in the same brush.
- Gratitude for what we have, as life always give us more.
- Humility to seek and give help to unravel ourselves.
- Integrity of positive thoughts, habits, and values to see the invisible, feel the intangible and achieve the impossible.
- Judicious reaction to remove the irking pebble in our shoes for the journey ahead.
- Keenness to seek and accept new ideas rather than block the world view.
- Live and love life with firm belief that the best is always ahead.
- Mindset to paint the big picture and not miss the trees for the forest in our quest for the right path.
- New lens to rediscover meaning of our life and witness a miracle when fear gives way to love.
- Objectivity in interpretation of our experience and reality at different points of time.
- Optimism to view challenges as blessings and opportunities in disguise.
- Outlook to open the windows to breathe fresh air in the face of adversity.
- Perseverance to tide through the storm until we reach the shores.
- Quest to seek answers and question the status quo as nothing remains static forever.
- Resilience to press the refresh button as every day is a new beginning with a new ending.
- Responsibility to be heroes of our life and experience, see, hear, listen what we want to and tell the world our own story.
- Respect diverse views as reality is all about the world view from different places in time.
- Self-reflection to understand our destination is not a place but a new way of looking at the same thing.
- Trust in ourselves to be we want to be and live a life we are proud of.
- Urge to explore the other side of the story that open new vistas and opportunities.
- Vision to see the ray of sunshine in the shadows, and the beauty of the rose amidst its thorns.
- Willingness to learn, relearn to succeed to pilot our destiny.
- X factor to overcome and bounce back as tomorrow is another day.
- Yourself to take charge as no one can do what you alone can do for yourself.
- Zeal to resolve to overcome the pain as healing is in our own hands.