You may be familiar with the quote from the movie, Forrest Gump, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” And indeed, life can throw all sort of situations and complications your way, and you just need to deal with them the best that you can. However, the extent to which you allow yourselves to feel like the victim, or to feel combative, or to feel utterly defeated, influences not only how these situations unfold, but also the experience you have.

It is thus why it is important that you take to heart today’s quote. You have control over how you react or respond to ‘life happenings’. If you choose to wallow in your emotions, for example, you can end up digging yourself into a hole from which is can be difficult to escape.

It is important to remember that ‘the buck stops with you’, and that you can influence the experience you have by how you perceive a situation and consequently, how you choose to respond.

 

Throughout the day, we invite you to revisit this quote. Below are a few questions you may wish to ask yourself, and those who journal may find them especially useful:

• To what degree do I believe that in my life ‘the buck stops with me’?
• Am I a ‘glass half full’-, or a ‘glass half empty’-type of person?
• When confronted with a difficult situation, to what degree do I allow myself to operate from a purely reactive or emotional point of view?

 

 

Best wishes and have a great day!