You wake up and turn to look at your alarm clock only to realize that it never went off. Ugh. You jump out of bed throwing on whatever clothes are nearest on the floor, you race out the door with your backpack in hand when your bag catches the door handle, ripping your bag in half. Now you are not only late but the contents of your backpack are dispersed all over your lawn and you watch as the math homework you did last night floats into the air until it is snatched up by your neighbors dog. Gulp. We have all had mornings like this, where everything that could go wrong happens. Life is a never ending cycle of expected and unexpected events, and who we are as a person is determined by how we overcome the obstacles that are placed in front of us. Being proactive is the ability to prepare for and handle an unexpected situation that may be difficult. A proactive person is someone that takes responsibilities for their actions and knows that even when things don’t go their way it’s important to stay calm so they can solve the problem. They take the initiative to make things happen for themselves rather than sit around and wait for something to happen to them like a reactive person. A reactive person is someone that makes choices based on their feelings or emotions, which means when things don’t go their way, they explode. Do you remember the story of The Little Engine That Could? The tiniest train agrees to help pull a giant train over a mountain after all of the other, larger trains, refuse to help. Even though it seems impossible that the tiniest train could pull the bigger train over the mountain, it overcomes the obstacle by saying to itself, “I think I can, I think I can.” While this may just be a children’s story, it holds a very important message that we should all keep in mind. You are the conductor of your life; you have the power to decide how you react, how you feel and most importantly whether or not you can make it up whatever mountain you are facing right now. Our attitude can be the difference from seeing unexpected events as an absolute, code red disaster, to viewing them as simple bumps in the road that you can maneuver around. As Buddha said, “What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.”
Do you need some more positive, proactive inspiration in your life? Try changing the background of your preferred device to one of these positive sayings. Inspirational Wallpapers
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Andre Romero
9/7/2018 06:38:13 am
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nathaneal
11/28/2018 06:45:35 am
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