Many Times Bad Things Happen To Good People

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A while back a friend of ours was arrested for driving drunk. Luckily no one was hurt.


At the time, it seemed like a bad thing. The police arrested them and that was the first time the drunk driver had ever been arrested for anything. They had never even had a ticket before.

They had never admitted even to their family they had a drinking problem. Come to find out they had been drinking close to a quart of vodka a day.

The drunk driver went through rehab and had to detox from all the alcohol .

Today they came and talked to us about their experience. They have been sober for over 90 days. As we were talking today they said getting arrested was the best thing that ever happened to them.

They had lost their job and now have it back among many other things that have happened since then.

Many times we see something is being terrible but it can lead us to some of the biggest blessings in our lives. I can remember things happening that I thought was the end of the world but the world kept turning.

I was thankful for the reminder that no matter where we are if we truly want to make things better it will happen.

No matter where you are in your Wealthy Affiliate business if you keep working it will get better.

I know that to be true.

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Yes, head down and butt up!

Keep on keeping on

It's not just a lemons to lemonade story when it happens to you. Whatever the "bad" is will surface in time and when it does, it feels just terrible. No one escapes all the unfortunate things that can happen in life. We all have out turn. How we handle the "bad" determines our future from that point on. So good to know others who have been able to turn things around and come out the other side better than before! Thanks for sharing!
Pat

"You don't come out the other side unless when in the darkness you keep putting one foot in front of the other." Firebear

Bo ,I remember the quote "failure will never over take me if my determination to succeed is strong"

Yes that is a very good quote

A HUGE "AMEN" TO THAT BO!!!

Thank You for sharing that - great chance to reflect on Good Times, Bad Times (not the Led Zeppelin song) ;-)

I too have had those reflective moments where you think it can't get any worse & the sun still comes up the next day and is brighter for the bad that just happened!!!

Best Wishes For Your Success!!!

Kevin

Thank you Kevin very good words you wrote

Every cloud has a silver lining.
some search for it,find it and learn from it.
Thanks Bo.
ps..hope the arms are feeling better.

I keep rubbing them hoping it helps. It was so hard to make a good wake on the boat

We never know how life lessons will present themselves..but we have to learn and keep going. Thanks for the reminder. Debbie

Your welcome I got a good reminder myself from this

Thank you for this uplifting message. I can understand your perspective completely because I went through some similar circumstances (not drinking/drug related). I think sometimes seemingly bad things happen to us to force us the make better choices for ourselves. We become complacent and satisfied with situations that are less than desirable and in some cases downright miserable. But we keep that status quo because we are afraid of the future, and the unknown. Then out of the blue something happens that forces us to make the changes that we should have done many years past but never could muster up the courage to do. You are right, these unforeseen changes can turn into the biggest blessings of our lives. It all depends on how we handle them when they show up.

My father told me years ago. "If you want to see who a person really is do not watch them in the good times see what they do in the bad times. That will tell you who they are."

Your Father Was A Very Wise Man!!!

Thank Yo ufor that Snippet!!!

I'm glad the "bad thing" happened before your friend or anyone else was in a car crash. That's pretty awesome that your friend got a wake up call the way they did.

Yes it was. It could have been much worse. I am a retired cop and know what drunk drivers can do. I am pleased they were stopped and arrested even though they are a friend.

Good things sometimes happen out of unpleasant situations

Some of my biggest blessings have come out what appeared to be some of my worst times.

Hugz Bo

Back at ya

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