Making Stones From Blocks

TODAY'S QUOTE:
"One of the secrets of life is to make stepping-stones out of stumbling blocks."... Jack Penn

The only thing that ever keeps a stumbling block from being a stepping-stone is the simple tilt of our head. How we opt to look at it is often the deciding factor. In life it isn't so much what treacherous landscape we travel through as it is how we view our role there. Are we victim or hero? Are we a good example or a terrible warning?

Other's may have a different view, but unless we adopt that role it isn't truly our reality. We create by word then deed whatever image we choose. If we act without free choice we are little more than blind reactions to random situations. There are people with issues who use others to measure their own success in life. Often someone will secretly celebrate our failure because then they feel more comfortable with their own. Agendas can be fascinating to explore, but dangerous to stumble upon when facing trauma of any sort.

I'm not stupid, but if someone views me as such it gives me pause, and if I act upon it that gives them proof. Wisdom comes in many forms. When someone's opinion is the stumbling block we face, the easiest way to tilt the playing field is to decrease how much value we place in their estimation and increase how much value we place in our own. Choose to be a hero, because victims are a dime a dozen. Opt to twist your head so that negative situations become positive opportunities. Think about it.... let it ride.... then YOU decide!!!!