Have you heard the news?? I'm sure you have, because it's just about everywhere: Brad and Angelina have broken up.
*Cue the sobbing*
I admit, I was heartbroken when I heard the news. For the majority of my childhood, these two were the dream couple (talk about early 2000s couple goals, am I right?). They seemed so in love and seemed to have such big hearts (not to mention, they were probably the most beautiful couple ever). While they technically married only two years ago in 2014, they had been together for almost ten years before that.
Why are we sad? Why were we rooting for them? Well, like I said, they were *goals*; we thought they were perfect. And now we can't help but think: if they can't work it out, there is no hope for anyone. We become discouraged because we want to believe that things can be good and that love can last.
Today, the divorce rate in America ranges between 40% and 50%-- who wouldn't be at least a little discouraged by that? Who wouldn't want the odds to be in their favor?
Throughout our lives, we will find ourselves in all different kinds of situations-- sometimes, the odds will be in our favor and life might seem fair. Other times, the odds will not be in our favor and life will seem very unfair.
I once heard someone say, "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours."
Brad and Angelina broke up. We thought they were the perfect couple. And, like I mentioned earlier, we can't help but think: if they can't work it out, there is no hope for anyone.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours...
The statistic is more than dispiriting. But, if we convince ourselves that something will never work out, it probably never well.
No matter if we're talking about love or school or friends or whatever else: we have to be our own #1 fans. We have to believe that we can do something, even if the world, or the tabloids, or statistics tell us we don't stand a chance.
We face plenty of limitations and doubts throughout our lives that we can't control. Let's not let the one thing we have control over (ourselves) limit and doubt us, too.
