Well indeed it could, but it’s not ever really something you want to hear when something goes wrong. Trouble is that mostly this is the best outlook to have when something does indeed go a bit wrong.
You learn from your mistakes, and ore often than not, things that go wrong are a result of your own actions. The reason why people have strokes of bad luck is because they see everything that happens around them as being bad. The trouble is that when people think bad thoughts they only get bad things. And too many people settle for the bad things.
I could be one of them, but I don’t intent to succumb to the things that are going on around me making my life difficult. For example, I am a student, and my finances are in a dire state. I’ve spent the last couple of months convincing my bank, and credit card companies that I will have my student loan by 1st October, and will pay them everything I owe (and that’s a lot) when it comes. Due to issues surrounding the post I will not be getting my loan for another 2 weeks, so I am quite sure that they will be on my case rather soon. At this point I could crumble, be miserable worry constantly about my finances, or I could be pro-active about it, tackle it, and get on with things. The plan is rather than to worry, borrow some money off the bank of Mum & Dad, out this money in my bank account, call the credit card companies, and then offer token payments until my loan comes through. This means I wont incur even more charges, and reduces the risk of a bad credit history etc.
This problem is a result of my own actions, and I made my mistakes by involving myself further in credit cards because I wanted an easy life in the financial sense. Well that backfired didn’t it. Most people would in fact worry, and end up with debt collectors coming around. The reason; they believe that they can’t do anything. There will always be someone who is willing to lend you a small sum, even if it’s only a tenner, just to get these people off your back. It will tie you over until you can get your hands on some proper money.
Thing is, bad things have to happen. If nothing bad happened ever, and you went through a blissful life, well that would actually be amazing. And even if things did go wrong constantly, well you can actually still lead a blissful life. Something can always be done, no matter what the problem is. The world is full of people who are worse off than you, until you get to that poor sod who’s at the bottom of the food chain so to speak, and is miserable as sin. Now we look at this person who is very very miserable, and then look at someone who has been through the same things….what separates the two? What makes one happy and one sad? The answer…their outlook on life.
Make the most of what you’ve got, learn from your mistakes. Take note of the cycles you seem to go in, whatever it may be, money, love, career choices….and break those cycles, or you’ll end up in a never-ending loop of “badness”. Tackle problems head on, rather than thinking that if you ignore them and avoid them they’ll go away. THEY WON’T!
I firmly believe that the outcome of your life, the people you meet and various other things you will meet regardless of what happens, because everyone comes into your life for a reason, and everything happens for a reason. It’s not until you are old and on your deathbed that you’ll understand why what’s happened has happened, and why people walked in to and out of your life. But you can make things one hell of a lot easier and much better for yourself if you keep a smile on your lovely face =)
