Every mountain has a peak. Every valley has its low point. Life has its ups and downs, its peaks and its valleys. No one is up all the time, nor are they down all the time. Problems do end. They are all resolved in time.
You may not be able to control the times, but you can compose your response. You can turn your pain into profanity—or into poetry. The choice is up to you. You may not have chosen your tough time, but you can choose how you will react to it. For instance, what isthe positive reaction to a terrible financial setback?In this situation would it be the positive reaction to cop out and run away?Escape through alcohol, drug, or suicide?No!Such negative reactions only produce greater problems by promising a temporary“solution”to the pressing problem. The positive solution to a problem may require courage to initiate it. When you control your reaction to the seemingly uncontrollable problem of life, then in fact you do control the problem's effect on you. Your reaction to the problem is the last word!That's the bottom line. What will you let this problem do to you?It can make you tender or tough. It can make you better or bitter. It all depends on you.