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| Responding To Your Life by: Herndon L. Davis |
There’s a wise old saying that “Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you respond or react to it.” This universal law of living is
stunningly accurate and amazingly true and has vast power to impact the direction and the quality of the rest of your life.
Think of it this way. Approximately 90% of the drama in your life is a direct result of how you responded and reacted to 10% of the events,
problems and people in your life.
So in essence we drive 90% of the stress in our lives. We drive 90% of the worry in our lives. And we drive 90% of the anger, depression,
sadness, regret, and jealousy within our lives.
Stated another way, up to 90% of our lives is sometimes spent mishandling, mismanaging, and mis-communicating the situations, events, problems
and the people within our lives (i.e. the other 10%).
The result???
We walk with anger and we sleep with depression. We run with fear and we breathe with hesitancy. We live our lives wearing the vest of
emotional baggage with both jealousy and regret as your personal confidants. Cynicism now flows from our mouths and doubt reigns over our
presence.
If this is you, then the response to your own life has been a counter productive one and as a result you are now miserable and hurting. And as a
person who is hurting, you in turn will hurt other people. You have no idea on how to heal and since misery always loves company, the vicious
cycle continues throughout the remainder of your life.
So should you ever encounter anyone who has spent their lives wallowing in regret, mourning missed opportunities, punishing themselves for
diseases contracted, crying over financial losses never regained, and grieving loves lost, please remind them that 90% of their life’s pain is self-
inflicted.
Remind them that their future is far greater than their past. Remind them that their life is indeed a life worth living. And remind them that by seeking
to heal from the things, people, problems, events, and situations in their lives, they have taken the first and crucial step towards emotional recovery.
By becoming a proactive and productive catalyst within your own life, you will also become the mechanism for your own healing, self-actualization,
and continuous spiritual growth. Once this is achieved, then joy and peace will become your new best friends and contentment will reign over your
spirit forever.
Herndon Davis is an author, lecturer, and TV/Radio Host. He can be reached directly at www.herndondavis.com
stunningly accurate and amazingly true and has vast power to impact the direction and the quality of the rest of your life.
Think of it this way. Approximately 90% of the drama in your life is a direct result of how you responded and reacted to 10% of the events,
problems and people in your life.
So in essence we drive 90% of the stress in our lives. We drive 90% of the worry in our lives. And we drive 90% of the anger, depression,
sadness, regret, and jealousy within our lives.
Stated another way, up to 90% of our lives is sometimes spent mishandling, mismanaging, and mis-communicating the situations, events, problems
and the people within our lives (i.e. the other 10%).
The result???
We walk with anger and we sleep with depression. We run with fear and we breathe with hesitancy. We live our lives wearing the vest of
emotional baggage with both jealousy and regret as your personal confidants. Cynicism now flows from our mouths and doubt reigns over our
presence.
If this is you, then the response to your own life has been a counter productive one and as a result you are now miserable and hurting. And as a
person who is hurting, you in turn will hurt other people. You have no idea on how to heal and since misery always loves company, the vicious
cycle continues throughout the remainder of your life.
So should you ever encounter anyone who has spent their lives wallowing in regret, mourning missed opportunities, punishing themselves for
diseases contracted, crying over financial losses never regained, and grieving loves lost, please remind them that 90% of their life’s pain is self-
inflicted.
Remind them that their future is far greater than their past. Remind them that their life is indeed a life worth living. And remind them that by seeking
to heal from the things, people, problems, events, and situations in their lives, they have taken the first and crucial step towards emotional recovery.
By becoming a proactive and productive catalyst within your own life, you will also become the mechanism for your own healing, self-actualization,
and continuous spiritual growth. Once this is achieved, then joy and peace will become your new best friends and contentment will reign over your
spirit forever.
Herndon Davis is an author, lecturer, and TV/Radio Host. He can be reached directly at www.herndondavis.com