From lemons to lemonade!

Ever felt like someone just hit you over the head with a two by four? My sister and I were sharing this morning how a few days ago each of us were side swiped by situations in our businesses. She dealt with it by not sleeping for 3 nights and walking around like a zombie.Thanks to my year long Success Principles Training program with Jack Canfield who taught me I DO HAVE INFLUENCE OVER MY REACTION, I made a conscious decision to look at what was perfect about my bomb. I shared with my sister that I too was taken off guard and was greatly impacted initially with the inconsiderate choices of others. However, I made a stand/decision to not let this event run my day, my week, my business or my well being. So I simply claimed that to be true both to myself and out loud to my husband.
Where in your life have you given away your power to some event, person or thing? Are you about done feeling powerless? I don't mean to sound insensitive. However, the times in my life when I was blaming others for my raw deal, my reaction got so bad that I didn't even want to go to my own "pity party" and I was even serving great food! I am grateful to this day to those people who were courageous enough to tell me to get out of my pity party as it was dangerous and they were right.
When you are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired I suggest you STOP replaying the situation over and over and over again, STOP telling your story over and over and over again, STOP dissecting your part, their part, and any other part!
Then start breathing in calm, peace, love and freedom. A great quote I frequently use is, "Life happens for me, not to me!" When I am in the midst of a storm I simply say okay "For the highest good of all". Once I am grounded, I then ask myself okay what is my learning here and then stay in the solutions! Voila! Then you are free to accept what your learning is, accept that life happens to everyone and that there really isn't a conspiracy against you, accept that great things will come from this event and accept that you are still good enough and will carry on with your chest out and your head held high.
Enjoy the freedom! You deserve it!
May your journey continue to be powerful,
Cate