LIFE IS UNCERTAINEAT DESSERT FIRST Author:Sol Gordon Life is an obstacle course. There isn't a person who hasn't wrestled with legitimate concerns or does not have problems that subject him to periodic worry, anxiety, and grief. There are lots of reasons for people to be unhappy--some of them serious, such as ill health, the loss of loved ones, financial and career setbacks; others trivial, such a... more »s losing your keys, missing a party, finding out a friend is gossiping about you.
But why are some of us able to roll with life's punches while others are crushed by relatively minor setbacks?
Know one thing: problems are part of the human condition--life is uncertain.
While you cannot pick and choose which mixture of thorny experiences will come along to challenge you, you can choose the spirit with which you handle them.« less