Life isn’t always about things going right the first time, and staying that way. It sucks, but it’s true and sometimes the more you push for better things, it seems like life pushes back twice as hard to keep things going in a bad direction, or even worse.

NOTE: in more than 90% of the situations we all have in life, it’s not LIFE that makes things worse, it’s US that makes things worse. Bad thoughts, negative thinking, bad decisions and a bunch of things can factor into our situations. We just need to deal with them better to see forward movement.

Sometimes things just go wrong and we need to sit back and look at the situation before taking action to make sure we’re doing what is best for ourselves and the people in our lives.

Here’s a good example.

A while back I moved to Minnesota. A friend of mine there setup things for me and my family to move there and work together on some stuff to see a better future for both our families. Well, things didn’t exactly work out the way they were supposed to.

My friend had a lot of irons in the fire with other businesses, and acquired a new business at the same time and these businesses needed just about all of his time and effort to get them going, and keep them going.

Changes where made to our goals and situation.

Things got pretty bad for a bit there. So, I moved with the flow of things and ended up working a real J.O.B for a while.

My friend and I talked a few times about getting our own stuff cooking again, and we even tried a few times here and there. It just didn’t work out (I HOPE we can still get things going though).

So, I started doing work for another friend and now business partner. An opportunity came to move again and work even closer with this other friend on his business and get my own business working again.

It was a big move though. MN to FL! Moving my whole family from one state to another and up rooting my family.

So, I sat back and thought about it for a while. I weighed both good and bad and made a decision. I wanted to make sure things would be good if/when I made the move for me and my family, and for the friend I’m working with.

Moving wasn’t something I was looking forward to, but in the end I decided to make the move. It was better choice for everyone in the end.

I took my situation and the bad things in my life and my families life and did what I could to make things good again for everyone. We gave up some stuff with the move, but now that we’re here things are already going good. I’m seeing brighter futures for everyone.

The point here is this. Sometimes the big things in life we all fear or see as a hassle are the things we need to do to make life better.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!

Yeah it was a tough situation and if I wasn’t presented with a better situation and workable choice, I would have stayed where I was and MADE it work.

You need to look at EVERY possible solution to your problems and think about what you want, need and should do before making a decision and taking action.

Just because something in life is bad, not good and going wrong, doesn’t mean it has to stay that way. Get up, think and do what you think, know and are confident is the right thing for everyone involved and if it takes some hard work, time and persistence, DO IT!

- David Porter