“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” ~Lou Holtz –
In life, we will experience some or all of the following events, this is the ten percent of what happens.
- Loss of a loved one
- Divorce
- Family
- Bullying
- Money
- Loss of a job
- Getting married
- Buying a house
- Illness
Our emotional reaction to these events falls into the ninety percent we have some control over.
- Grief
- Stress
- Depression
- Anger
- Guilt
- Low self-esteem
For some people the emotional response can be devastating, however, for people who generally have a positive approach to life’s problems, the emotional reaction can be short-lived.
Some of my favourite positive quotes for dealing with life’s problems are,
- “You must be prepared to live and die by the decisions you make every day.”
- “Every decision you made was the right decision for you.”
- “Expect people to be themselves and you will never be disappointed.”
- “Nobody is perfect.”
- “C’est la vie.”
- “Sometimes it’s them but more often it’s how you react to their actions.”
- “Nothing and nobody lasts forever.”
- “Embrace change.”
- “Let it go.”
- “Sometimes problems disappear with your old attitudes”
- “There’s a little bit of truth in everything you see.”
- “What doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.”
- “The light at the end of the tunnel is coming closer every day.”
- “Everybody is fighting a battle you do not understand.”
- “What’s meant for you will not pass you by.”
- “Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.” ~Elbert Hubbard
