Crummy Circumstances? Get Going. Do Something. Try.

It is possible to be dealt some genuinely crummy circumstances in life. If this happens we may be tempted to gripe, get discouraged, sulk, question the fairness of this world and get ticked off for a while.

And, you know what? Maybe we need to gripe, get discouraged, sulk, question the fairness of this world and get ticked off for a while. A little while.

But at a certain point—fairly soon, actually—that response will cease to be of any value. And, in particular, it will not be of any constructive value to the person who has been dealt the negative circumstances. It will only be a dead end which will keep the person helpless and stuck. It is not God’s will that anyone should live life helpless and stuck.

The better response will be, with God’s help, to put one foot in front of the other and move forward. Perhaps there will not be a lot that can be done. Okay, do what can be done.

There are people who make it their business to attempt to convince those who face difficult circumstances that they are victims of those circumstances and they will always remain victims of those circumstances. Reject those voices. They are not helping.

Do not remain forever in The Land of Woe Is Me. Get going. Do something. Try. That is how the crummy circumstances are changed and new circumstances—better circumstances—are experienced.