We are extremely fragile animals. We can awake with a song in our lips, filled with joyful anticipation of the hours ahead, and then allow a spilled cup of coffee or a flat tire or a harsh word from someone ruin our entire day. Also we live in a world where envy and hate, unfortunately, seem to be the only activities some people are capable of and those who are so infected, usually because they have already failed at this game of life, will do everything in their power to drag you down to their level on a given day. Ignore them. They can never rain on your parade unless you give them permission to do so. And so it is with events which often produce misfortune and grief in the most perfect of lives. Will you care in and start sucking your thumb in self sympathy at every crisis? Or will you always search for the good, even in the most terrible of adversities, reminding yourself that what may seem to be a calamity today may well turn out to be just a detour that will lead you to more success and happiness than you would have ever achieved had you remained on your original path? Remember, nothing external, man or event, has any power over you, unless you allow it, because you control your thoughts!
From Og Mandino’s Mission : Success!
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