{"id":748,"date":"2011-04-19T00:37:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T05:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wordsofwisdom\/?p=748"},"modified":"2011-04-19T00:37:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T05:37:44","slug":"controlling-life%e2%80%99s-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wordsofwisdom\/controlling-life%e2%80%99s-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlling life\u2019s outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cThings do not just happen, they are made to happen.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>~John F. Kennedy<\/p>\n<p>Sooner or later each of us has to deal with a life outcome that we didn\u2019t anticipate, plan for or expect.\u00a0 Life is filled with surprises both negative and positive.\u00a0 It is interesting to note however how many of these so-called negative outcomes came from positive causes while some of the positive outcomes came from negative causes.\u00a0 If this is true how is anyone to understand the real meaning of life\u2019s events over the long haul?<\/p>\n<p>It usually comes down to your life philosophy and there are as many life philosophies as there are people reading this message.\u00a0 Life can be perceived as a wonderful adventure or a series of &#8211; one negative life drama and trauma after another. So, who is to say which is better and why?\u00a0 Every life has its struggles with: growth, understanding, acceptance, tolerance, adversity, discouragement and too many more to list.\u00a0 Every life also has its share of: achievement, love, friendship, joy, blessings, success as well as many others.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, life outcomes are the result of several factors. Here are just a few to think about:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Your life\u2019s decisions and choices along the way -Divine providence -Luck, timing or synchronicity -Your personal perspective -Your working life philosophy or approach to circumstances, events and\u00a0 people.<\/p>\n<p>-Your goals, plans, dreams, hopes and desires -Your early environment and conditioning -Your self-esteem, self-acceptance and self-love -Your need to learn certain life lessons -Your attitudes<\/p>\n<p>No one can predict the future of a life.\u00a0 No one knows how his\/her life will turn out next year or in 20 years.\u00a0 No one is privy in advance, to all of the events, circumstances, people and conditions that will cross his\/her path as his\/her life unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>Our job is to take what we are given and build the best life we can with what we have at the time with gratitude, love, acceptance and joy.\u00a0 This does not mean we take negatives lying down.\u00a0 It does not mean we don\u2019t try, hope, plan and have desire.\u00a0 It does mean however that certain things are not always within our control and we often need to let go and surrender to the divine purpose of our life as it unfolds day by day, year by year.<\/p>\n<p>In His service, Tim<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThings do not just happen, they are made to happen.\u201d ~John F. 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