Life knocks us down
We trip over the sidewalk
Or our bike pedal hits the ground
We get rejected for that job or that person
Get in an accident
Lose a loved one
Or lose the house
Our pets eventually die
Friends come and go
We get sick or some terminal illness
Miss the test
How many ways can life knock us down?
How many times have we gotten knocked down?
It doesn’t matter.
Because the only thing that matters is do we get up again?
See if we keep getting up, we can’t lose. We only lose if we stay on the ground.
Then the second part is giving it our best shot
We can just walk through life – but where is that going to get us?
So it’s getting up when we get knocked down, and still trying our best
doing this all the time, a way of life.
And keeping a positive attitude makes this a lot easier.
Because our mental state is a choice.
When we get knocked down and get back up – why or how are we getting up? Our minds.
When we don’t feel like doing something that’s good for us but we do it anyway, why is that? Our minds.
We can choose to be negative, pessimistic, happy, positive, optimistic – whatever we want.
Striving towards better one step at a time.
Joe DiAndrea 