Finding the Good in All Situations

Sometimes bad or unfortunate events take place in our lives. The immediate response to this negative perception of the situation is to become emotional and rooted in worst case scenarios or ideas. I have personally suffered with this in many situations throughout my life. It has become ever increasingly important to me and my mental well being to look at the good that comes from all situations even those that tend to make us feel like they are negative. For example, a speeding ticket. It seems bad when it happens. Yes, we have excuses as to why we may have been speeding. We are in a hurry or we are not paying attention or we are responding to some type of emergency. Fair enough but consider this. What if you saw it from the perspective that the ticket you just received prevented you from running over a small child that darted out into traffic just minutes after you were stopped. You could also see it as avoiding an accident that may be waiting around the next corner caused or as a result of speeding on your part. All in all, the good situations that we find ourselves in very rarely yield negative emotions. The bad or challenging ones often do.