by Jim Rohn | Mar 19, 2018
Life is about
constant, predictable patterns of change, and the only constant factor will be
our feelings and attitudes toward life. We as human beings have the power of
attitude and that attitude determines choice, and choice determines
results. All that we are and all that we can become has indeed been left to us
to decide and interpret through our attitude and choices.
Life is like the
changing seasons—you cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself. So
the first major lesson in life to learn is how to handle the winters. They come
regularly, right after autumn. Some are long, some are short, some are
difficult, some are easy, but they always come right after autumn. That is
never going to change.
There are all kinds of
winters: the “winter” when you can’t figure it out, the “winter” when
everything seems to go awry. There are economic winters, social winters and
personal winters.
Wintertime can bring
disappointment, and disappointment is common to all of us. So you must learn
how to handle the winters. You must learn how to handle difficulty; it
always comes after opportunity. That is never going to change.
The big question is
what to do about winters. You can’t get rid of January simply by tearing it off
the calendar. But here is what you can do: You can get stronger; you can get
wiser; you can get better. Remember that trio of words: stronger, wiser,
better. The winters won’t change, but you can.
Before I understood
this, I used to wish for summer when it was winter. When things were difficult,
I wished they were easy. I didn’t know any better. Then my mentor Earl Shoaff
gave me the answer from a part of his unique philosophy when he said, “Don’t
wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish
for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”
This post originally
appeared on SUCCESS.com.
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