How To Turn Your Negatives Into Positives

Happy Thursday everyone!

If you’re feeling Sad, Lost, or Depressed… out of the ashes you will rise.

This quote completely changed my life.

It’s based on the Phoenix bird who rose from the ashes after burning itself.

Just like the Phoenix, sometimes you have to burn yourself to the ground before you can rise from the ashes.

If you’re reading this and your health is suffering, finances are in the gutter…

You feel alone, can’t seem to find your partner, and can’t find people you want to be around…

If you’re in a fog all day, you’re looking for that happiness that everybody seeks…

Out of the ashes, you will rise.

That’s the quickest summary.

So many people ask what’s the purpose of life.

Well, that’s a question that doesn’t seem to have one definitive answer.

Some think the purpose of life is to be happy, to work and make money, to have kids, and pass on your legacy.

Some people think there isn’t a purpose.

I don’t know what the purpose of life is, and as far as I can tell from searching, no one knows…

But what we do know is you and I will be tested.

Rainy days will come, and life will throw tremendous blows at us.

Diseases, loss of family members, and betrayal.

They all will eventually come for us.

Out of the ashes, we will rise though…

The ashes represent the nothingness, everything that you thought you had, burned down.

But then you rebuild, and you rebuild better than before the burn.

That’s the faith and hope you must have.

If you look through history, the greatest people in the world had one thing in common, faith.

Look at Nelson Mandela, he spent 25 years in prison unlawfully.

25 years of his life gone, everything burnt to the ground, but out of the ashes, he rebuilt something better.

He led the fight to get rid of apartheid in South Africa and won a Nobel prize.

He was released from prison with all his hopes and dreams gone and went on to completely change the world.

They say faith is to believe in something you haven’t yet seen, and this is what all the great people had.

Martin Luther King said he had a dream of black and whites getting along.

Do you see? He saw ahead.

He had the faith to see what other people couldn’t see.

You have to be the same way…

You have to see your future before anyone else can see it.

There’s one beautiful thing about the ashes when everything’s burnt to the ground, and everything’s at rock bottom,

The beautiful thing is you get to rebuild from scratch.

Meaning you get to create the life you want in the image you want for yourself.

The exact way you want it rebuilt.

You can see it as the world did you a favor. A better way to think about things.

Now you’ve been granted an opportunity where you can look back at all the areas of your life which you didn’t like and recreate it in a way you do like.

Now that things are burnt down and you have nothing, when it’s time to rebuild, you can avoid the things that don’t work.

So get excited, because nothing will come out of you being from being sad all day.

You have to be able to see the glass half full when everyone else sees it empty.

Find a positive in every negative situation.

So what’s wrong with your life now?

Whether it’s financially, mentally, or health-wise, or you’re in a funk, you feel stuck…

Each of us has our own issues tackling us around our health, wealth, love, and happiness.

Health: 80% of people in America are overweight, losing the battle in health.

Financially: most people are in debt, living paycheck to paycheck, and can’t afford to pay bills.

Social: one of the three biggest regret humans have in their life is who they marry, you can’t seem to find the right social circle, you feel alone…

You have no emotional connection to family, close friends betray you…

Happiness: the ultimate pillar, you’re depressed, anxious, full of regret, wake up in a fog, can’t find clarity, you can’t find peace within yourself.

If one of these is occurring in your life, you might feel like all you have is the actual ashes…

But that’s where the faith comes in.

Out of the ashes, how do you rebuild that? Because it can be rebuilt.

Rebuild. Rebuild. Rebuild. In each area of your life.

All greatness comes from rebuilding.

You can rise above, people do it every day.

What’s the thing that separates the people who do and don’t?

I think it’s a few things.

Perseverance, toughness, patience, action-taking, faith, just to name a few.

Man people ask all the time, what’s one thing that had a huge effect on changing my life… if I had to choose, this will be at the top of the list.

I truly hope this helps you as much as it helped me.

Question:

What would your world look like if you rebuilt it?

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