Overcoming Life's Setbacks - E-book - ePub

At one point in this life, all of us will experience some setbacks. It happens to the best of us and like death, it does not discriminate, no man is exempt. They happen more often than we would like. When you feel you are making progress and HAVE IT All FIGURED OUT, suddenly from nowhere, crisis hits, catching you by surprise. I have over the years seen people who sleep rich and wake up poor, who sleep healthy and wake up sick or even dead.
Your setback could be a sudden loss of income, dwindling resources, loss of a job , a mountain of debt , Separation or divorce, death of a beloved one, your setback could be a diagnosis of a terminal disease which will affect the rest of your life. Your setback could be failure at something you have invested so much in. It could be emotional and psychological abuse. Whatever it is, It is also true that some setbacks are self inflicted meaning we bring upon ourselves; they happen on account of our own mistakes or bad choice while some setbacks are caused through the actions of others.
The reality is that whether you caused the setback or it was caused through the actions of others, they must be dealt with. And to be honest, when these things happen, sometimes you are left completely at a loss of what to say or do. Fear grips you because you are in unfamiliar terrain, a sense of uncertainty sets in because of the unknown realities of a sudden stand still. the truth is; you can despair even life itself.