Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. -Dalai Lama
As I sat down to type today, a few things happened that inspired this post:
- I stumbled across this quote by one of the Dalai Lama’s
- This morning I heard the song, You Can’t Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones
- Yesterday, a friend of mine shared with me an interesting story about bad luck that turned good. (Will share with with you in a moment)
Tell me if this has ever happened to you …
You anticipated life to go a certain way; but it didn’t. Perhaps something you wished or hoped for didn’t work out.
Because of that, you were disappointed or felt dejected.
Later, your life was improved because you didn’t get the thing your originally wanted.
Can you relate?
Boy I can!!!
Yesterday, my good friend Ken gave me a call. I haven’t talked to Ken in 5 months. The last time we spoke, life was kicking him in the nuts. His business wasn’t going well. A few years ago he, his wife, and their kids moved away from their extended family so he could pursue his business. But it wasn’t working as planned.
So they decided to mov back home. Because of that, his business is now thriving!
Ken had expected life to go one way, but it didn’t. So, instead of getting down and dejected, he let the flow of life direct him in a new path and he was successful.
He’s the moral of the story … Set goals! Have dreams! Make plans! Work our butt off to make them a reality.
BUT … when life doesn’t go your way don’t quit or allow life to beat you up.
Instead, “remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck!”
Has this happened to you? Share your story below where something not working out turned into a stroke of luck!
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