Turn Your Burdens Into Blessings!

Have you ever wondered why we have trials?? Why things don't always go our way? My daughter's teacher had her classmates write down (without their name) what trials they were going through. Then the teacher read them aloud without mentioning who went with that particular trial. It was a real eye opener to the class about how many difficult things the class members were experiencing. I believe that we need to be kinder to those around us because they could be going through a lot more than we realize. Now, how do we turn our own burdens/trials into our blessings??? Have you ever stopped to think that some of the hardest challenges make you grow more. You can always turn the ugliest situation around and think how it could be a blessing in disguise. I know of some poor college students who couldn't afford a phone so they had to write letters home every week. That developed their writing skills and helped them become authors and left them with a valuable history. What about a woman who finds herself alone after a painful divorce--she had to stretch and find herself and her own strength. Every challenge is a calling for becoming better NOT bitter. The inventor of Honda failed countless times and lost everything many times over. The inventor of Paul Mitchell products lived out of his car and gathered $600 with a friend to create shampoo and conditioner. He said he would never had gone anywhere without his poverty. Trials make us grow. Now think about your challenges and how they can be turned into your greatest blessings....The founder of Curves was in jail when he came up with the concept of an all-woman gym. Now what does this have to do with fashion? Think about your greatest flaw. Now concentrate on accentuating the positive things about yourself. Let's say you are just plain ugly--then you can work on having an incredible personality and talent. Let's say you have extra large hips--then you can play up your beautiful eyes. The list is endless...Oprah said: "Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."