I choose to…LEVERAGE ADVERSITY
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week 04 pages 14-15
Consider that in every adversity, life is delivering to you a
resource that you wouldn’t have otherwise.
This resource is your advantage.
But the advantage won’t be obvious
to your natural eye—it will be raw,
rough, immature, and likely covered in shit.
It is the raw material out of which
skills, character, ideas, connections, perceptions,
capabilities, and opportunities are forged.
Your work is to see with the eye of possibility,
to recognize this raw material as a resource
with which you can make something useful.
If you choose, you can leverage every adversity to your advantage.
Remember:
1) You don’t step into greatness in spite of the challenge;
you step into greatness because of the challenge.
And:
2) Shit is incredibly valuable; it helps things grow.
NEW PERSPECTIVE AND POSSIBILITY
What adversity have I experienced?
What gifts, lessons, and benefits has life given me through difficulty?
What can I create out of adversity?
How will I leverage adversity to advance my life?
How can the pain I’ve experienced be of service to others?
Remember to meditate on the passage and questions daily for 5-6 days as you create ways to practice this choice throughout the week. Notice what shifts and changes in your experience of the passage and questions each time you return to them after having practiced this choice in your life. After 5-6 days of practice, give yourself one or two days off before advancing to the next choice. Your capacity to retain and utilize this work requires that you give your brain time to integrate what you’ve experienced, and that integration takes place during periods of rest, recovery, and play. So focus and practice for five or six days, then rest and play for one or two days. And repeat.
May you prosper in every way!
Becky & TPL Team
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