‘Do not turn…to the right
or…the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.’ Joshua
1:7
Peter McWilliams said, ‘To
avoid situations in which you might make mistakes, may be the biggest mistake
of all.’ For the next few days let’s look at some things you must overcome to
succeed in life. Situations. Do you feel like you’re mired in a dead-end one?
Maybe you’d like to go to college but you can’t afford it. Or change jobs, but
you feel trapped by your salary or the fear of forfeiting your retirement
pension. Perhaps you feel trapped by a physical handicap or illness.
The secret
to overcoming is to divide your circumstances into situations you can change
and those you can’t. Nearly everything in life can be changed, or approached in
a different way. But it can’t always be done right now. Make a list of things
you can change. Too many of us fail - and keep failing - because we persist in
trying to change what can’t be altered. Stop banging your head against a wall,
and practise realistic thinking. Understand the difference between faith and
fantasy.
Somebody said, ‘For every problem under the sun, there is a remedy or
there is none. If there’s a solution go and find it, and if there isn’t, never
mind it.’ God has given you certain gifts. When you discover, develop, and
deploy them He’ll give you success in the face of seemingly impossible odds.
Ignore what you can’t change, focus on what you can, and opportunities will
reveal themselves. As Hannibal said during his famous march across the Alps,
‘We will either find a way, or make one.’ You need that spirit too!
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