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HARD TIMES GO TO YOUR HEART


                                         AND INTO YOUR SOUL



                                         Inspiration to get back up when life knocks you down


                                  Reknowned author and speaker Les Brown is committed to motivating and training today’s generation to be
                                  achievers and leaders as he introduces new audiences every day to It’s Not Over Until You Win, Up Thoughts for
                                  Down Times and Fight For Your Dream.  https://lesbrown.com
            For most of us, life offers abundant opportunities for  When someone you love is taken away
            both laughter and tears. The good times you savor.   When a catastrophic illness strikes you or a family member
            The hard times go to your heart and into your soul.   When your “lifetime” job is suddenly downsized
            Our ability to handle life’s challenges is a measure of our   When the relationship that has kept you going falls apart
            strength of character. And yet, where do we learn how to deal   When you go through the emotional torment of a divorce
            with those challenges, hard times and difficulties? In school,   When your grown children refuse to grow up
            we are taught how to read and write.                 When your teenagers decide they are adults
                                                                 There are times when you want to say to life: “Please give me
            But what about the keys to living? Where do we enroll in Life   a break. Just give me a chance to catch my breath.” But life
            101? Where are the classes dealing with the loss of a job, the   doesn’t listen. Sometimes, as soon as we raise our heads, it
            death of a loved one, the failure of a relationship? Unfortu-  knocks us back down. Such is life.
            nately, those lessons are mostly learned through trial by fire
            and the school of hard knocks. No matter how difficult your   BELIEVING IS POWERFUL
            life may become, no matter how hard it gets, there is always   Believing in yourself requires knowing that your life has value
            reason to keep on going and fighting because you can survive   and there is hope. You don’t have to be on top of the world
            and thrive.                                          already to look up. No matter what your circumstances are,
                                                                 there is a reason for you being here.
            My suggestion is that, after you have been knocked down or
            pushed back by life, you should acknowledge the setback,   How can you begin to believe in yourself more? One way
            understand why it happened, and then make a leap ahead of   is through internal encouragement. Concentrate on doing
            where you were when you were hit. That’s how to become the   volunteer work, working out, taking a class—anything that
            person you always wanted to be.                      makes you feel good about yourself. Find positive expressions
                                                                 that work for you, and put them on cards where you can see
            SOMETIMES THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING               them during the day. One of my favorites was given to me by
                                                                 a friend: “Good things are going to happen to me.” Say it re-
            We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the   peatedly, but each time put the emphasis on a different word
            workplace and stressed out at home, people are trying to   or phrase.
            make sense of their lives. How do you keep on going when life
            knocks you down? It’s one thing to be positive when things are   GOOD things are going to happen to me.
            going well, but it is something altogether different when life   Good THINGS are going to happen to me.
            catches you on the blind side:                                 Good things ARE going to happen to me.
                                                                          Good things are GOING to happen to me.
                                                                          Good things are going TO HAPPEN to me.
                                                                           Good things are going to happen TO me.
                                PROSPER COACHING                           Good things are going to happen to ME.
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                   You were     Certified Law of Attraction      wasted. Failure, defeat and loss afflict us all. Expect it, and
                     meant        & Certified Life Coach         learn to deal with it. And then learn to get back to life without
                     to fly       772-985-1371                   waiting for an invitation. One way to do that is to trust in a
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