Suppose you were a fan of the worst team in football history. And suppose you were disappointed year after year after year.
What to do?
Give up and become a fan of another team?
Perhaps.
Or you could realize that your team is in two places simultaneously.
First, they are in the lowest and deepest canyon ever seen. Second, they are also in the perfect position to climb the world’s
largest mountain.
The same holds true for you when you make mistakes, fail, or have setbacks.
You can view these situations as “the worst” – or you can view them as perfect positioning for a rebound.
Over the past year, a good friend, while working to increase prosperity in his life, got stuck with a nasty divorce. Things looked worse than ever before.
At his all-time low, I told him things could be a whole lot worse.
He began looking for the good in the bad and within a month he was in a new home with a new job that will bring him an easy six figures per year.
He climbed out of the canyon. He turned the pits of hell into peaceful prosperity.
This is how nature balances things out. Nothing is ever 100 percent good or 100 percent bad.
There is always a speck or sparkle of good in the seemingly hopeless – and once you discover it, you can amplify it.
Back to football….
Take a look at the records of the worst teams in the game today.
The Tampa Bay Buccanneers rank near the top.
So do the Cleveland Browns.
But will it ALWAYS be that way?
Not a chance.
The same is true in each and every human being’s life.
The trick is realizing that you’re playing a game, too. It’s called the Game of Life.
Things can always get better. You can always play better. Even if you go undefeated – there were games you won in spite of not being at your best.
What would happen if you approached life from the standpoint of the climber. No matter how low you sink or how far you ascend…
keep climbing.
Look for the good – look for the mountain,
and be on your way.
Matt Furey
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