Shaken, not stirred

I salute all of you who do your best to react to negativity from the world. To those of you who may be 'shaken' by what you hear or what happens, at least you have not 'stirred' your plans. Keep on the path that you have chosen. Do not let others or circumstances disway you from your dreams. Believe in yourself.

Sometimes even the
strongest
hardest-working
smartest
wealthiest
most amazing
most talented
most beautiful
most popular
most important
most memorable
most successful
most gifted
most educated
most well-mannered
most cheerful
most friendly
most original
most confident
most efficient
most responsible
most adaptable
most diligent
most driven
most glamourous
most healthy
most humorous
most mature
most spiritual
most stable
most zealous
most sincere
most skillful
& most spectacular
of people are all subject to the disappointments of life and the criticism of others.

The key to life is to take criticisms and disappointments as learning lessons.
In some cases, they are the result of "happenstance" or actions of other people... in those cases where you feel you have nothing to learn- learn to take it in stride.

Even the most ______ people go through these times. No one is exempt from troubles or failures. Just remember that you are not alone, you are worthy of better, and only YOU can decide how and when YOU will succeed. Some things happen in our time... the time of our choosing.... and sometimes things happen when it is out of our hands.
The best thing to do is to try to keep a positive attitude and remember that "this too shall pass".

In keeping with this idea that there is a time for everyone to fail and everyone (who continues to try) to succeed, I leave you with this wonderful passage from the Bible.

For everything there is a season,And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8


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