Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Life Throws You Curve Balls

It reminds me of that scene from Rocky where he is telling his son to not give up and keep moving forward regardless of what life throws at you. Lately there have been several curve balls thrown my way and naturally it has been at the top of my mind. When facing adversity in life you are given 2 options, you can either give up or keep pressing forward. Life is such an interesting thing, we as humans are such emotional creatures and the have been designed to feel and give pain. We hurt ourselves, we hurt others, and we get hurt by others. It's just part of what goes on in the course of a human life.

We have successes and failures all the time throughout life, certain people will live in the negativity that the failures create, they will say that the where destined to fail, they will blame others, they will claim that the world was against them and that they never had a chance to begin with. They will claim that the others who have succeeded did so because they had some extraordinary advantage and there was nothing that could have changed their fate.

While others will learn form their failures and "keep moving forward", they will accept the failure as a learning experience and focus on the success beyond the temporary failure. These are the leaders and winners in our human society, they are an inspiration to those of us going through the hard times and they show us that there is a silver lining.

If you or someone you know is going through a tough time share this video with them, you never know it could be the perfect thing that keeps them from hurting themselves or letting the negativity take them to a place where no one wants to go. The idea is to keep moving forward no matter what life throws at you. Don't blame others for your misfortune because that is what cowards do, accept responsibility and learn and keep achieving, never ever give up, ever...


1 comment:

  1. This blog post was wonderful Carl!! You made me cry!!! This is so true, it's not how many blows you get hit with, your character (how you are defined by everyone in this life) is how you stand up and how long you can KEEP standing up after it's all said and done!!!! you will BE TRIED AND face troubles in this world!! But take heart, brother, you are in great company!!! Jesus and his disciples faced the greatest adversity while they lived here on earth!

    I just read in the Bible yesterday (I had forgotten) that John the Baptist was BEHEADED!!! This wonderful man, who all his life preached the GOOD NEWS of the Gospel of our Lord and Savior, had his life cut short when his head was CHOPPED OFF!!! But we know we are working towards a greater future and a wonderful eternity awaits us!!! STAY ON THE POSITIVE COURSE MY DEAR BROTHER!! YOU are a man of great courage, charisma and character, and I know God will continue to amazing things through you and in your life!! My heart swells with pride over you and all that you have become!! I love you!

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