The Power of Failure



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18 Let Mental Storms Blow Through

Let’s face it, the quality of our life experience is greatly affected by our moods. Even when we seem to be succeeding in life outwardly (in our work, relationships, health), we can experience a kind of inner failure and find ourselves feeling down. We may just wake up on the wrong side of the bed or dwell on disturbing thoughts about past or possible future failures.

At these times remember that our moods come and go and usually have little significance. True, we can feed them with additional worry, frustration, sadness, or some other emotion and cause them to grow in their intensity until they really do seem like a big deal. On the other hand, if we just let the mood pass we ...