Did you ever have a time in your life where something seemingly bad happened, but then things turned out better for you in the end?

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answer:Sure. What’s interesting is, we generally have no idea what “good” and “bad” are. We assign “bad” to things we don’t like, hope to avoid or don’t understand. If you’re around long enough…and you pay attention….things that we label “good” are often not as good as we make them out to be; and things that we “label” bad are often blessings that point us toward opportunities we might otherwise avoid due to our limited perspective on things. I was devastated when my first wife left me. Truth be told, I shouldn’t have married her in the first place. I was way too immature. Had she not left, I would have remained in a stiffing situation and not met the woman who would be my second wife. Not that we want “bad” things to happen. It’s just more productive not to be so quick to assign negative connotations to an event that could possibly lead to bigger and better things.

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