Getting hit in the head with bird poop is not a pleasant experience. If the bird circles round and wants to set up shop in your hair, you can do something about that. So in life one negative experience doesn't have to be a harbinger of more bad things to come. A lot of times it pays to reflect on that negative experience. Try to see what you can glean from that experience. Say you pushed your nose out a little too far into the traffic lane and you got clipped. Negative experience. Be thankfull right away. You didn't get hurt. But that lesson will hopefully teach you to be more cautious in the future. Once I ran a stop sign. Hit the guy's 280Z. He just picked it up from the dealer driving home to show the wife. 1/2 mile on the odometer. Hood and front fender damage. When the cop came. I said it was my fault. When I told the guys at work I fessed up. Everyone said it was the wrong thing to do. I didn't think so. But that mentality shows me why lawyers make good money. My motto roll with the punches and move on in the figurative sense. Now, if someone attacks you physically call on divine spirit at once and try to defend yourself.
A recent article about Barbra Corcoran caught my interest. She did a sell for Trump and her commission was 4 million. He tells her she ain't going to get a penny. She files suit against him and gets her 4 million. His narrative was a self starter for her. And she made her own narrative. Another time the Shark Tank was getting started and they called her to be on the show. She gets all excited. 2 days later they rescind her invite. No. She gets on phone leaves message for producer Mark Burnett. Tells him about Trump episode. And that she expects to have a chance to try out. Her air ticket was already purchased. Day later she gets call to come for tryout. She gets the job.
You do what you can to change the narrative. If doesn't work, so be it, move on. People who dwell on the injustices done to them wreck their future happiness. Doesn't have to be that way.
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