Problems or Challenges?

We always wonder why things happen to us or why we
have bad luck. Nobody likes negative experiences
or the cirucmstances surrounding those experiences. But,
nevertheless, there are days when it seems that everything
goes wrong and the whole world is against us.

I learned a long time ago that it helps to resist negative
thoughts and negative influences. There is one thing in our
life that we can control with certainty and that is our
thoughts. My experience has been that if I resist negative
thoughts and influences, then there is whole lot less of
that coming into my life.

Of course, bad luck or unpleasant circumstances still occur.
But, if problems are approached as challenges, and that can be
done by controlling our thoughts, then usually any unpleasant
or negative circumstances can be turned into valuable learning
experiences.

That all sounds very nice, you say, but it's not as easy as it
sounds. I didn't say it was easy, but all you have to do is try
it and practice it a little bit and you will soon see the difference
it can make. Remember, we came into this life with the preference to
be able to make choices. Controlling our thoughts and approaching
daily problems as challenges is a choice we can make.

For more indepth information on this subject, reference Napoleon
Hill's book Think and Grow Rich.

With gratitude,

Rick