| Choice isn't always a matter of being able to choose | | | | us down or we can use them as building blocks for a |
| what happens to us. Life happens, and often without | | | | strong personal foundation. |
| any say from us. However, our circumstances do not | | | | One only has to read the stories of successful people |
| determine who we become. Only we have the choice | | | | to know that adversity seems to be a common |
| to determine that. Everyone is who he or she wants | | | | denominator of those who made it. Few successful |
| to be, regardless of what one might think. We all have | | | | people had success handed to them on a platter. Most |
| choices and each choice leads to the creation of who | | | | worked, struggled and experienced their share of |
| we are. | | | | failures. What is different about these people is that |
| There is a great quote that states, "Everybody's a | | | | they didn't let these adversities get in their way. They |
| self-made man; but only the successful ones are ever | | | | actually used adversity to build on. They turned their |
| willing to admit it.". It does seem that we are more than | | | | stumbling blocks into a paved highway to a better life. |
| willing to take credit for the success we have become | | | | It all boils down to choice. It isn't what happens to you |
| in life, but less willing to own the areas where we are | | | | that matters as much as what you do with what |
| not so successful. The credit for those areas that are | | | | happens to you that makes the difference. We have |
| not so perfect seem to be reserved for our childhood, | | | | all met with disappointments, failures and challenges. |
| parents, a bad boss, spouse and on and on. However, | | | | The difference is some people let those events stop |
| in the end only, we can determine how the people and | | | | them while others use them to build a bridge and |
| events in our lives will affect us. We can let them drag | | | | move on. |