Welcome to the blog of Pastor Alton Stone, from Simpsonville, SC. Pastor Stone is a retired Ordained Bishop of The Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee with over 45 years of pastoral ministry.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Dealing With The Unexpected

Everyone one of us has to deal with stuff we don't expect. You have two choices when it happens: You deal with it and keep going or you give up and quit. I refuse to do the latter and chose to do the first.

Remember this about quitting:
-It takes more energy to quit because you always wonder what might have been.

-It takes more determination to quit because you always wish you'd never given up.

-It takes more anger to quit because you get mad with yourself that you gave up.

-It takes more spite to quit because they only one you're hurting is yourself.

-It takes more frustration to quit because you prove everyone that said it couldn't be done right.

Learning to deal with stuff and moving forward means:

-You have determination to finish even though you might get a slower toward the end.

-You will prove those who said it couldn't be done wrong.

-You will show that in spite of the odds you had a made up mind in the beginning.

-You will replace fear, frustration, and doubt, with courage, peace, and hope.

-You will make it because going backward is not an option.

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