PROBLEMS OR OPPORTUNITIES?
By Bill Cottringer

Problems are an opportunity
To grow inside;
Exchanging your vicious circle
For a virtuous one;
From negative thoughts
To more positive ones;
From untrue beliefs
To true r ones;
From wrong decisions
To better ones;
From disabling actions
To more enabling ones;
Replacing bad habits
With better ones;
Weakening fear
Strengthening faith.
Which will it be?
Flee, forget, flight or face?
Being sickened and disheartened,
Or healed and encouraged?
Comfortable inaction,
Or risky action,
With purpose, passion and thought?
One things for sure:
The test comes first
And the lessons afterword;
Sometimes you win,
Sometimes you learn.
Life is hard,
But compared to what?
Here’s my best clue—
Though you’re not at fault
For being down;
It is your fault
For not getting up.
So, stop listening to yourself
And start doing the talking.