Lessons learnt — III


I have learned that there is much peace to be found in accepting that a Higher Power with greater plans for our lives than we can ever fathom — as well as a love that is bigger than we could ever imagine — allows bad things to happen to us so that we might pass the tests of faith, grow, learn, and yes, even prosper because of them.

Life is a choice - as is how you handle the pitfalls along its bumpy road. “You can

be better or bitter — the choice is up to you”. I

have heard these pearls of my mother’s sage advice echo in my mind many times when I have experienced devastating blows in my life. But I never really accepted them until I met my widowed husband.

There is something attractive about a man who faces life’s challenges with

a positive outlook, and often, this perception is forged from great loss. My husband chose to live a positive, productive life after the death of his first wife.

He could have remained a bitter, angry survivor, stuck in a rut of self-pity. And while no one could have blamed him should he

have chosen this path, it would not have served him well. He made a decision to focus on the positive aspects of the life he now faced, and spent productive time nurturing those seeds until they rooted in his character.

I have learned that life is what you make of it. The power and control of all things, good and bad, lies in how you choose to mold the outcomes of each life situation.

There are many things in life that are beyond our control. But there are few things in life that

are beyond our power of choice and our ability to make lemonade from lemons if we just put our minds to it while we focus on the gifts of the present . — wow4u.com