Make it be

Don’t allow the troubles to get the best of you. Instead, allow those troubles to make the best of you. Don’t tire yourself out fighting against the challenges. Instead, find new energy by embracing those challenges and working through them to create real value. Always remind yourself that discouragement is nothing more than a response you’ve chosen. When you find that you’ve chosen to let it be, you can just as surely choose to let it go. In the place of discouragement, you can put determination. It is your life’s energy, and you can point it in whatever direction you choose. Your most powerful response is not based only on what has already happened. Your most powerful response also takes into account what you wish to make happen next. Look forward, and envision in great detail the future you desire. Then gather all your energy, and step forward to make it be.