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Every Living Person Has Problems

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What is the secret ingredient of tough people that enables them to succeed?

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Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them?

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Why do they win when others lose?

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Why do they soar when others sink?

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The answer is very simple.

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It’s all in how they perceive their problems.

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Yes, every living person has problems.

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A problem-free life is an illusion — a mirage in the desert.

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Accept that fact.

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Every mountain has a peak.

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Every valley has its low point.

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Life has its ups and downs, its peaks and its valleys.

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No one is up all the time, nor are they down all the time.

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Problems do end. They are all resolved in time.

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You may not be able to control the times,

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but you can compose your responses.

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You may not have chosen your tough time,

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but you can choose how you will react to it.

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For instance, what is the positive reaction to a terrible financial setback?

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In this situation would it be the positive reaction to cop out and run away?

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Escape through alcohol, drug, or suicide?

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No! Such negative reactions only produce greater problems

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by promising a temporary “solution” to the pressing problem.

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The positive solution to a problem may require courage to initiate it.

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When you control your reaction to the seemingly uncontrollable problem of life,

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then in fact you do control the problem’s effect on you.

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Your reaction to the problem is the last word!

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That’s the bottom line.

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What will you let this problem do to you?

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It can make you tender or tough.

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It can make you better or bitter.

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It all depends on you.

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In the final analysis, the tough people who survive the tough times do so

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because they’ve chosen to react positively to their predicament.

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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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Tough people stick it out.

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History teaches us that every problem has a lifespan.

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No problem is permanent.