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| Ice with Leaf - Sandra King |
Sometimes inspiration comes from watching ordinary people achieve extraordinary goals, overcome devastating circumstances or create breathtaking beauty in the arts and in life. Sometimes though inspiration comes from the other side of life, seeing people struggle, fail and suffer as a result of their choices, behaviours and habits ( it being a result of their choices is the key here.)
For me noticing the negative consequences of people's unwise choices generally proves much more inspiring than reading about how athletes made it to world class or someone of humble beginnings created an empire in business. I like those success stories too, I am just more motivated to action from the negative.
Am I alone? I've seen people ruin their lives with substance abuse, debt, ignoring their physical or emotional needs, living falsely; and every time I ask myself, "What can I learn from them? What is my take-away?"
Because let's face it, there is always a lesson; a lesson in the wonderful and in the devastating. Our assignment is to find the lesson, the golden nugget and incorporate that truth into our own lives, to know better, to do better.
My belief is that God doesn't waste anything, no exceptions. Every circumstance that we experience or that we experience through the lives of another is fodder for learning, for gaining wisdom, for helping, for being transformed, for growth. So when we experience the devastation of our own poor choices or witness negative consequences in the lives of others, let's not sink into despair or negative dialogue, instead when the initial shock passes, how much wiser to ask the questions that allow us to see the lesson and to be inspired to create positive change in our own circumstances and to encourage others. Now that is a breath of fresh air!
Thank you for stopping by My Turquoise Kettle Life today.
Wishing you true inspiration,
Sandra
