"Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to use our inner resources."

Life can be difficult some times. Can't it?  Every once in a while we have troubles.  They can seem overwhelming at different periods in our lives. Maybe we are having conflict with friends, family, or co-workers.  Maybe we are struggling financially, romantically, or physically.

In times like these we need to find a way out and up out of the darkness.  You are blessed with inner resources that will help you move forward in a better direction. The above quote: "Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to use our inner resources." is important to remember.  However, in order to use your inner resources, you have to know what they are.  It is good to think about this while you are not having trouble so you can see yourself in a more positive light.

Take a moment right now to ask yourself, "What do I have going in my favor?"  Are you a good listener?  Do you have a special talent?  Are you basically a good person?  Do you strive for the best in your life even though it may fall short once in while? What are your inner resources? Some times writing this down and keeping it with you can help you when you need it most.

"Believing in yourself is the first step to improving yourself."

 This is really about self esteem isn't it? You must have some basic confidence to move forward.  Everyone gets scared and doubts themselves some times, but ultimately you must believe that you can do whatever you want to do. Self esteem.  Some people have it and some people don't.  Where does it come from and and how can we get more of it? 

Guess what.  You were already born with it!!  When we are infants our self esteem is absolutely already there in abundance.  If you think about babies, they throw up on themselves, scream, crap on themselves, make a mess, and then hold up their hands and expect to be loved anyway.  If that isn't self esteem I don't know what is.  As we grow up and experience the world sometimes our self esteem gets knocked around a little. Look inside and release your inner self esteem! It's in there. If you need help, ask three people you trust what they like best about you and what they see as your greatest strengths...

"Two people can look at one thing and have different opinions."

Have you ever felt strongly about something only to have someone close to you say they think or feel  completely differently?  Our feelings can get really hurt when we think or feel we know the "truth" of something and yet others don't agree at all.

How can this be? If we can clearly see or we really feel that something is one way, how is it that other people we know don't see it that way? The quote above explains this situation well. "Two people can look at one thing and have different opinions." 

If you find that you are alone in your opinion and you feel strongly about it, it doesn't mean that you are necessarily wrong.  It could be that someone else is simply seeing the same thing but having a different opinion.  A great way to figure out what you think is to find out what other people think and then decide whether or not you agree.