Many years ago I heard a story that left a deep
impression on me. I'm sure the story isn't true, and yet it speaks more
truth than some real life stories. Read carefully, and hopefully
you'll pick up on what I mean (by the way, it's pretty straight forward -
in fact, the moral of the story is written at the end, so it's pretty
hard to miss).
How I Finally Taught The Big Guy A Lesson
By Carol Tuttle
"I
did not provoke the fight so I feel no remorse for what I was forced to
do. We were arguing, and seeing that I was right and he was wrong, he
decided to fight to cover for his stupidity.
"He swung at me first, but being in the top of condition, I was able to act quickly and block the punch neatly with my head.
"Whereupon
I jumped to the ground knocking him down on top of me. Then I placed
my ear in his mouth and poked his finger several times with my eye.
"His
teeth hurt so much from the strength of my ear that he became irate and
tried to kick me, but I cleverly blocked the onslaught with my ribs and
face. I scrambled to my feet and ran to my car in hopes I would get
away and save this man from my deadly hands. Before I could start the
car he pulled me from the still open door. I then proceeded to swing at
him, but only managed to hit myself in the head. To this I said:
“What’s this? Two against one?” That was the final straw – I lost all
control. There will be no mercy!
"Taking
him in my death grip, I pounded him in the knee with my stomach – then
hit him two or three times hard in the fist with my teeth! He had had
it! I could tell. After that he didn’t even try to pick my up off the
ground. He was too chicken!!"
Perspective is Everything!!
I
fell in love with this story the moment I heard it. The beauty of it
is that it can apply to almost any experience in life. The point is not
to take a distorted view on reality. Instead, I would suggest that the
point is to look at every experience from the best angle possible - and
I would then add to learn from that experience so you are better
prepared the next time life hits you.
There
will always be moments that stress us out, that push us to our limits,
or that seem to weigh us down. But in our dark hours, what are we going
to do about it? Mope and cry "woe is me" until things get better? You
might be waiting a while. And how does that help anyway? Let me
answer that question for you, because I've been there myself: it doesn't
help at all.
On
the other hand, every experience of your life can contribute to your
success and ultimate happiness if you look at it from the right angle. I
once heard a young lady explain that a mentor of hers had told her to
live her life with no regrets. Sounds like wishful thinking - until you
know what she means. By "no regrets", she didn't mean "no mistakes".
She meant that every time she made a bad choice, a poor decision, or
some sort of mistake, she would learn from it and work to never repeat
that same mistake again. Thus she could turn a bad experience into
something positive by making it a learning experience. I think she
would tell you that this simple lesson helped her to see life
differently. Her perspective had changed.
So the question is, what will your perspective be the next time things don't go your way?
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