There is little in life that I hate more than losing or failing at anything that I try. I'll admit it. I can put on a smile and tell the other person or team that they did a nice job, but I am seething inside. (Note: This does not count for my brother.) However, I am a sucker for learning lessons. I know I am supposed to learn something from everything I do, and, unfortunately, the most important lessons are learned through tragedy or defeat.
Baby Teacher is here to say you all should join me in searching for the messages and life lessons not when we are flying high but when we have hit the bottom.
"Why did this happen to me? This isn't fair." I think it would be impossible to find a person who has not uttered either of these phrases. Sometimes life is not fair. I can't argue that, but I can and will argue that we are supposed to see or understand something if we take the time to wipe our eyes and pay attention. Each of us needs the moments where we have been knocked down to see the fight each of us has within us. We need to see the strength that maybe we didn't know we possessed. To know how much you can take and still move forward is a true gift.
Besides learning one's own strength, I think some of the other most important lessons to learn are appreciating what you have and learning who truly supports you. We have a tendency of overlooking and taking for granted all of the wonderful blessings we have. When something is taken away from you, it is time to look around and appreciate what you do have. Likewise, notice who sticks by your side when everything crumbles around you. It is easy to be friends with someone when she has an abundance of success, but who is going to stick around when things are in shambles? That's a true friend, and those are the people we need to hold on to for dear life.
Wallow in pity for a day if you need to, but please remove yourself and try to find the lesson. I promise it is worth it.
Go do good things,
BT
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