In the last season of the Biggest Loser, there was a contestant on the show named Abby. This woman was amazing. Every time she told her story, I cried. This is a woman who lost her husband and 2 children in a car accident. I can’t even imagine the heartbreak and loss this woman has gone through. She went on to become a motivational speaker, and one of the things she says, is “Happiness is a Choice”. I only saw a couple of clips of her speech, but I am willing to bet she has touched many people.
Last week, I met with a new client. And she was telling me her “story”. A young couple who had everything going for them to start their future together, and because of tragedies that happened in the last year in a half, they were starting over with very little. Without knowing it, she was an inspiration. She had a spirit about her. She was not negative, she was not a victim, she says; ” I had a bad year, but it’s in the past, and it’s time to move on.”
We all have our “stories”. Life is not fair and it rarely makes any sense. But with my own “stories” and people in my life that have had to climb mountains, which I wish they never had too. I have learned that attitude is a big part of what gets us through. We have very little control on what happens to us, we have no control on what others do, but we do have control on how we respond.
Here are a few quotes to think about:
“Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.” Robert H. Schuller
“I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”- Martha Washington
It’s not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life ; it is how you handle what happens to you. -Zig Ziglar
