Have you ever planned out an event perfectly and then out of the blues all preparation that was put in place comes crashing down in your presence? We all have felt like this at a point in life. We place this activity in the pile of disappointments because it gives us an empty feeling in the pit of our stomach, makes us feel inadequate or sometimes even makes us give up entirely on a venture . All these feelings are valid but after a disappointment the next step taken is the most crucial to either make the disappointment give room for our changing tide or make it a stumbling block.
Do you remember the saying
"After every disappointment comes a blessing or every cloud has a silver lining"Yes, right. We all have heard this at some point only that then we just could not see how this could be paving a way for a blessing. But then that is the idea behind changing tides, sometimes these disappointments are a way of prepping us emotionally, financially, physically or spiritually for the change about to take place.
How do you deal with disappointments? do you just give up on the idea completely , do you persevere, do you seek help, does the level of anticipation just become depleted. These are stages that would most likely occur depending on what kind of disappointment but then if Thomas Edison had given up after every disappointing try he would be known as the inventor of electric bulb.
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time" - Thomas Edison
Changing tides simply mean causing a complete reversal of the circumstance. As humans we all have the power to manipulate situations thus we can transform disappointments.
I choose to see disappointments not as a stumbling block but as my chance to manipulate the variables I worked with to give me an entirely new result.
Truth is there would always be disappointments in life but how we deal with them determine if we change the tide or if we keep going in a loop of the same events till we choose to give up.
Bible passage -
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord " (Isaiah 55:8)I also recommend you might want to read "The purple hibiscus "- Chimamanda Adichie , I read it for the thousandth time (exaggeration of course) but realized that no matter how many times I do something new sticks out again.
