A word of encouragement during a failure

Sometimes we wake up in the morning, and before our feet hit the floor, we know the day is moving swiftly and uncontrollably, going downhill pretty fast. Life pounds us with disappointments, challenges, and heartache, or maybe there's no obvious reason — our mood just shifts from light-hearted to burdened with grievous cares.

When I was having a bad day, my first reaction wasn't to push through and ignore those negative feelings. Instead, I would work with the pain, go along with those feelings and indirectly encouraged them to keep coming back. I did not want to feel bad, or at least that is what I told myself repeatedly, so I told myself if I kept going with these feelings, eventually I will shake them off and new thoughts, new feelings of happiness would emerge. This would somehow work on occasion (if I really think about it now, happiness and positive thoughts came from somewhere else and they weren't the result of my negative thoughts or emotions). But, other times it felt like I was moving through quick sand. My motivation level would drop and my desire to keep going would come to a halt.

It was at these times I needed some encouraging words and inspiration from family, friends, loved ones, etc. I needed some momentum to pull myself out of despair and reframe my thoughts. As I replaced negative thoughts with inspiring words and ideas, I found that my feelings often follow.

“A

is worth more than an hour of praise after success.”