Attitude is everything…
29th June 2006
Well almost everything anyway… When I encountered my problems a few days ago, it was really distressing. While you are in the middle of the freeway and your car is giving you problems, it can really induce panic and hyperventilation. Yet, after the initial heart racing moments, I was able to compose myself, take a deep breath and say, “My family is relatively healthy and I have a good job, with good bosses and a wonderful team around me. There is going to be food on the table for my family and a roof over our heads, and once I get this car fixed, I can still get from A to B, even perhaps, C or D. So, why fret?” (By the way, I said then that the day before, which is the day after that horrendous car breakdown experience, would be a better day. In fact, in turned out that way! I closed one of the larger deals of the year that day! So, attitude can be everything!)
But, I must say, I wasn’t this way before. There was a time I would ask a million and a half questions. Why me? What the heck? Why now? Why do I have to have problems like this? Why can’t I have a better car?
While asking this questions I would be spiralling downwards in my emotions and will set me down a pathway of self-destruction, depression and self-defeating introspection. So, have I recovered from my clinical depression? Read the rest of this entry »
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