Daily Gratitude: “Adversity introduces a man to himself.”

I don’t know what you think about this but I’ll tell you that it’s been quite applicable in my life.

When your back is against the wall, you have to dig deep to find a way past the adversity. And you have to keep trying to move forward. You can’t quit and revert. That will destroy your life more than anything else.

There is always a way with adversity. It may be something totally unexpected but that’s ok. And if you think it’s not going to go well for you, keep going. Often you don’t see the benefits of what happens and the “solution” you find for a long time. When I was rejected at medical school I didn’t see any “solution” or good thing from what happened. It took many years and yet when I did see it, I was so glad I hadn’t quit.

You will find out what you are made of when you encounter adversity. And you will probably surprise yourself with the strength you find.

This is the best way to find out what you are made of. Once you are past the adversity, you need it to take time to assess and review what went on. What did you do right? What could you have done better? What shouldn’t you have done? Go deep into what happened , what you thought, how you acted and what came from each of your thoughts and actions.

This after action report is crucial in all significant occurrences in your life. It’s where you’ll learn your strengths as well as areas you might want to work on. Be honest and thorough in your analysis. Then figure out what you can do to continue to improve. Figure out a plan. Then practice (I know I say that all the time) and later assess it again.

You can handle much more than you think you can.

Daily Gratitude: “There is always an easy solution to
every problem-neat, plausible, and wrong.”

You may need to read this again to see if you missed something. The purpose of this concept is to keep you from just accepting the first or easy solution you find. You have to look more deeply to make sure that it is the right solution.

We can usually make some idea plausible. But for it to be the truth, it has to be tested. Always remember that correlation doesn’t mean causation. Two things can be connected and seem to be leading to each other but that does not mean that one causes the other. We get into trouble with that in medicine. Good example is that I notice my migraines come when it’s raining or going to rain. That just means that they are correlated (and actually it’s due to conditioning). It does not mean that the migraine is caused by a change in barometric pressure.

It’s important for us to not seek the easy way out. We want to seek the right way, the proven way.

Can you think of any time in your life when you picked a solution that seemed plausible, but then it seemed that it was too easy and, indeed, it turned out to be wrong?

Daily Gratitude: “Abundance shows up in my life in beautiful and surprising ways every day.”

Another useful affirmation for you. The most important caveat, though, is to remember that abundance is much more than just money or wealth. Abundance is everywhere and everything.

If you start looking for abundance all around you, you will amaze yourself when you see it in every nook and cranny you examine.

You will be surprised once you start expecting it too. If you believe your life will be filled with abundance and start spotting signs of it, then it will be popping up in front of your eyes before you know it.

Declare that there is abundance all around you! It is there waiting to be seen!