One of the empowerment principles I love is, “There are no problems. There are no challenges. There are only opportunities.”
As you begin practicing this, it’s easy to see how true it is.
While it can be challenging at first, when you stop yourself from negatively reacting to something and shift your mental focus from the problem to how you can use the situation to learn and grow, your mind shifts in the direction you are pointing it and provides the things you seek.
To make the shift, you may have to let go of all the things that “could” go wrong and ask yourself how the situation might actually be helpful—for you and others—how you might be able to see things differently, and how you can trust that things are unfolding just as they should.
In other words, you rationalize your way out of fear or anger. It’s a fabulous tool for shifting from negative, catabolic energy where you are at the effect of people, situations, thoughts, emotions, and events, to begin looking for and seeing the solutions and potential.
As you practice releasing the catabolic energy by moving away from your well-rehearsed and automatic reactions, you connect with higher levels of positive anabolic energy that truly help you see not only the opportunities in every situation, but how the solutions can benefit each person involved.
It is the Yin/Yang of the Universe—for every problem there is an equal and proportionate solution. The opportunity and solution are always there, but you must first raise your gaze from the memorizing specter of the train-wreck that is the problem, and look for the opportunities.
As you practice making this mental shift you begin creating new reactions to problems so that one day, you bypass the rationalization step and your automatic response is to see all the opportunities and solutions. You no longer have to dip down into the catabolic energy and then turn your focus towards digging your way out of the morass. That frees up mental and physical energy that you can use to help create the life of your dreams.
What can you do to begin—or to practice—looking for the opportunity in every situation? What benefits might there be in experiencing more positive anabolic energy? What difference would that make to your life?
Together we can do it!
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Great message to carry with me today as I travel, thanks hon!! Love you !!!
Love that image! But not as much as I love you. Have a wonderful trip! It all is what it is.
Inspiring post — people encourage their own torture, or perpetuate their own torture.
Thanks so much for commenting! I really appreciate it! I assume you meant perpetuate their own solutions, but perhaps not!
Well, I meant torture, because if we choose to be miserable, then we will always be miserable.
Got it. Do you also believe people can also perpetuate or choose their own positive experiences and joy?
OH yes, absolutely! Sometimes the benefits of positive thinking will not be as evident in a timely matter, but persistance in positivity is important.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing. I love adding different perspectives to the broader conversation. Looking forward to following your blog!
I wish the politicians would understand this!! Well. . .we have an “opportunity” to vote them out of office!!
You are too funny, Joyce!
Shifting perspective has and will continue to be one of the most powerful tools I use to create positive balance in my world. My favorite quote remains: “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” There’s is little question that within all misfortune, good fortune hides. The opposite is also true. When we’re able to hone our ability to avoid being slaves to thoughts and emotions we take a huge step toward Self Mastery. Great post Hanna.
Thanks so much, Michael. I really appreciate your comments. And you!
Life’s trials should be seen as blessings in disguise 🙂
I agree! Thanks for commenting.