There are times in our lives where everything seems to go downhill for no reason at all – even when we are doing our best. Some people rise to the challenge and others blame the system.
I can personally say that I’ve been in a dark place where nothing was working out for me and my family. I’m not talking about until the next paycheck, I’m talking about years. Who wouldn’t think to blame the system or the economy for their downfall? The thing is, it’s only temporary.
In my case, it was a LONG temporary, but nevertheless, temporary. It would have been easy to blame the economy, as opposed to taking the responsibility to move on and grow – it’s hard to see that when you’re at rock bottom. It’s even more difficult to keep striving, but it’s easier to blame the system.
I’ll admit, there are some people out there who don’t want to hire you or help you for selfish reasons, but the main thing is to get past that and keep going. You can sit and complain all day, but what good is that going to do for you and your circumstances? Put your emotions aside about how wrong it is and how no one wants to give you a chance, and find the strength to keep going. Your challenge everyday should be, “How am I going to keep going today?” Life doesn’t stop and neither should you.
You can blame the economy all you want, but it does nothing to improve your situation. By taking responsibility and moving forward, you’re at least making progress, even when it doesn’t seem like it. People who blame the system have given up – that’s easy. Getting up and doing it all over again until you make progress – that’s hard.
When you keep going, and believe me it’s hard, you continue to build yourself in the process. When you’re down, that’s when you become your strongest, but it’s important to continue and keep moving. It took me and my family years to get out of our slump. Although this is something I wouldn’t wish upon anyone, it made us stronger and even more resilient to even smaller challenges. Imagine how easy it is to accomplish a small challenge, after you’ve accomplished one of the biggest challenges in your life! And you did it without blaming the system!
The system is not responsible for you or your family. The system or the economy owes you NOTHING! When you need to pay your bills, the system doesn’t pay them – when your kids are hungry, the system doesn’t feed them – when you want a better job, the system doesn’t give it to you. The responsibility is with YOU and no one else. Besides, at your lowest point, there’s no other way to go but up.
It’s easier to blame, but harder to get up and do. Put your feelings aside and do something. Things will turn around. Breathe, drink some water, and take a step forward. As long as you don’t give up, something great will happen. You can do this.