Life is a Learning Curve!

Each day life brings us new challenges, new adventures, new disappointments and new discoveries, for life is a learning curve. Days come and go when all seems to go smoothly and we have a moment to forget the times when things were tough. Other days melt into weeks and nothing seems to go right. Friends die, friendships end, partners prove to be untrustworthy, and life's learning curve seems too hard to bear. Then how do we always seem able to weather the storm?

For me, I trust that God puts you where you are for a reason and I know that this too shall pass. If I learn the lesson, then what I went through is worth the strife. If I keep making the same mistakes, then I am turning a blind eye to the lesson and it defeats the purpose. All of us need to take the good and the bad and accept that nothing is ever easy and that sometimes, it is the struggle that makes it all worth while.

The biggest lessons I have learned with the events of the past month are - life is short so don't squander it! Friendship in business works - but be sure to have all your ducks in a row. Contracts exist for a reason and don't let your personal connection cloud your business judgement - get things in writing! When things go bad, you can feel sorry for yourself you a moment or two and then you have to let things go and move on with your head held high. Learn the lesson and move on - because if you stay trapped in the moment of realization and don't move forward - you are doomed to never learn.

I had a dear friend die at the beginning of the month and a partnership that I cherished end the middle of the month. On the other hand, my son came home after being away for a long time, my baby graduated from High School, I love and am loved, and the sun came out after the storm. No matter what we go through, we do manage to come out stronger and wiser in the end. Life is a learning curve - enjoy the lesson!