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Can we all just agree that it sucks when things do not go the way we want them to? We all think that things will work out in our favor and if you are lucky enough, things usually do, but more often than not, they do not, and that is perfectly okay. We just have to look at how we choose to let it affect us. We can legit bother us, or we can let it go and accept what is happening.

We often want to blame others or blame ourselves for things not working out. We get angry or upset, when things do not go according to plan. Instead of that, we should learn to accept the fact that we cannot always get what we want. God has a plan and if you we're not meant to have this, He has something better in store for you, you just have to wait and see. It is said that God laughs when we make plans, that is because His plan for us is so much greater than we can imagine.

Just because things are not going according to planned does not mean that is how it is going to be forever. Eventually things will change, change your attitude about what is going on and you will start to notice the difference almost immediately. All that matter is how you choose to react to a situation. Your attitude about something will almost always affect the outcome.

If you do poorly on a test, you can either choose to sit a sulk about it, or you can choose to look at what you did wrong so that way you can do better next time. You can change how you study, you can talk to you professor about what you can do better next time, you can get some people from class together to form a study group, the list of things you can do goes on and on, all that matter is changing how you react to them.

Changing how you react to things is difficult, but it will make a world of difference in the long run. It will help you to have a more positive outlook on life, it will help you to have healthier perspective of things that are going on in your life. It will help you grow. It will help you to lead a better life.

Change you view of the world, and you will change your world.

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