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When You are Down, Look Up

 It's been over  weeks since I have shared anything I've been writing with the blogosphere, but The Daily Uplift is seeing some progress. I am up to page  and have written over 40,000 words. here is what I have been writing this morning.

Beat Down? Look Up!

 

It’s been often said, written, and sung that life is full of ups and downs. We enjoy the up time but tend to like to talk more about the down time, hoping for some sympathy.  When we are down, we also learn the most about ourselves and others and you find out who your friends really are.

When we are looking for sympathy, we will get the same things. People will tell us that life is tough all over. We may hear about others who are having it worse than we are, or we may hear about people who are always up and what they are doing right. Or you may run into somebody like my dad who would say “If you are looking for sympathy, look in the dictionary……” I prefer not to finish that quote.

When you are down, this can be a learning experience. You can learn how to prevent it in the future. (Cliff Note: Telling somebody it’s their own fault is just a way of insulting them while making yourself puffed up. The only person it’s designed to make feel better is you and it really does make you look arrogant and small.)

Also remember that the valley benefits more from the rain than the mountain top. When you are down in the valley, it’s easier to learn because you are in a position of humility. If you benefit from down times, this gives you strength for the journey back up.

Being down is not permanent unless you want it to be. Zig Ziglar once said that “Failure is an event, not a person.” After the event is over, move on.

When you are down, you know who your friends are. They are not the ones who compare you to others. They give you needed support, pray for you, and may give you a well needed kick in the pants.

Draw strength from friends, books, recordings, your Bible, and prayer. And when you see another in the valley with you, show them some love and help them. The journey up is always better when you have some to travel with.

 

You may feel that you’ve had enough

Thinking that life is too tough

Look uo with your eyes

And aim for the skies

Moving forward will not be so rough

 


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