Falling apart

It is when your life is falling apart that you understand just how fragile it is. You understand the elements that held each breakaway piece together and also why they weakened. This confrontation with reality is a unique and personalized life lesson for you to embrace and learn. It is a fact that a person who builds his or her life up after it falls apart will value that life more and handle it with a lot of care.

Life’s misfortunes are not to be despised. They can befall anyone. It’s best to learn from them and benefit from the reality check; and hopefully identify ways to avoid or mitigate their effects. Avoid falling apart as your life falls apart. Who then will pick up the pieces? Keep it together and discover what holds your life together.

Think of it as a chance to start afresh instead of a loss you’ve incurred. I learned this lesson when multiple areas in my life began to fall apart at the same time. My weakened financial position made me lose out on a lot of things, but I took it as a chance to revise and redefine what I wanted out of life. A lover abandoned and insulted me, but I saw it as a lucky escape from a relationship that was not meant to be, and as a chance to start a new one with better wisdom to choose someone I am more compatible with. I also faced health challenges, but I saw them as a chance to start taking better care of myself and as a reminder to appreciate life.

Reflecting on it all, the things I lost came back to my life in even better form because I changed how I viewed the situations. I saw the misfortune, but I also saw a chance to start over and make things even better. This positive attitude helped me to make very important decisions that later proved to be the best I had ever made.

There is at least one advantage behind every disadvantage to enter your life, at least one good thing behind every bad occurrence, and those good things are found when we use our misfortune to our advantage.