I recently received an email recently
from a client I dealt with last year. It was great to hear from her. The nature
of this profession is that I mostly talk to people when they are in crisis or
when things aren’t going so well, and I often wonder how they are doing and what
has happened in their life.
I found this email inspirational. She had a tough time last year. Things had not turned out for him the way she had hoped. She was at the end of her 25 year marriage and things weren’t looking so great.
She could have been angry, bitter and resentful at how things had unfolded. Instead, she decided to get on with it. She learnt what she needed to learn, grieved when she needed to grieve and most of all took responsibility for her part in the process.
A year on, having done her work, she’s now able to move on with her life. She deserves happiness and has found it – good for her.
There are no sure things in life. Sometimes it simply doesn’t turn out the way we want it to. We can’t control other people or events the way we would like to sometimes. We can however, control what we do about it.
The happiest people I know don’t need a reason or event to be happy – they simply are happy because they choose to be, and if they’re not, they do something about it. A former co-worker of mine was unbelievably, disgustingly happy and positive all the time. If you ask him how he is he would say, ‘fantastic’ or ‘terrific’ or ‘couldn’t be better’. And guess what his life was like. Yup – fantastic, terrific and couldn’t be better. You just had to smile around him – he’s a real gem.
Imagine if everyone truly felt like that about life. Radical thinking!
Wisdom comes with experience, good or bad, it doesn’t really matter which as long as you learn from it. My client from last year has. She would not be where she is now without growth, experience and the desire to be happy. At the end of the day, that’s all any of us want, isn’t it – to be happy? Sometimes it isn’t easy, but it’s always worth the effort!
Melody “Lil Mel”
Melody "Lil Mel" McGowan
Life Coach, Author, & Professional Advisor
Let Your Heart Heal Life Coaching
Normal appointment hours are Monday through Friday 10am-9pm CST
Monday and Friday Evening Appointments only. On Call Saturday and Sunday
If you need immediate assistance, please use the Click4Advisor Feature, if unavailable, place a callback and Adviser Lil Mel will sign on to take your call as soon as possible.
Away From Your Computer? Call 1-888-626-7386, Ext 13152
I found this email inspirational. She had a tough time last year. Things had not turned out for him the way she had hoped. She was at the end of her 25 year marriage and things weren’t looking so great.
She could have been angry, bitter and resentful at how things had unfolded. Instead, she decided to get on with it. She learnt what she needed to learn, grieved when she needed to grieve and most of all took responsibility for her part in the process.
A year on, having done her work, she’s now able to move on with her life. She deserves happiness and has found it – good for her.
There are no sure things in life. Sometimes it simply doesn’t turn out the way we want it to. We can’t control other people or events the way we would like to sometimes. We can however, control what we do about it.
The happiest people I know don’t need a reason or event to be happy – they simply are happy because they choose to be, and if they’re not, they do something about it. A former co-worker of mine was unbelievably, disgustingly happy and positive all the time. If you ask him how he is he would say, ‘fantastic’ or ‘terrific’ or ‘couldn’t be better’. And guess what his life was like. Yup – fantastic, terrific and couldn’t be better. You just had to smile around him – he’s a real gem.
Imagine if everyone truly felt like that about life. Radical thinking!
Wisdom comes with experience, good or bad, it doesn’t really matter which as long as you learn from it. My client from last year has. She would not be where she is now without growth, experience and the desire to be happy. At the end of the day, that’s all any of us want, isn’t it – to be happy? Sometimes it isn’t easy, but it’s always worth the effort!
Melody “Lil Mel”
Melody "Lil Mel" McGowan
Life Coach, Author, & Professional Advisor
Let Your Heart Heal Life Coaching
Normal appointment hours are Monday through Friday 10am-9pm CST
Monday and Friday Evening Appointments only. On Call Saturday and Sunday
If you need immediate assistance, please use the Click4Advisor Feature, if unavailable, place a callback and Adviser Lil Mel will sign on to take your call as soon as possible.
Away From Your Computer? Call 1-888-626-7386, Ext 13152
That is quite surprising... I have never heard of that before reading your post!
ReplyDeleteIt makes me quite puzzled and angry too!