{"id":749,"date":"2017-01-11T19:27:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T19:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/?p=749"},"modified":"2017-02-13T22:06:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T22:06:12","slug":"i-refuse-to-be-defeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/i-refuse-to-be-defeated\/","title":{"rendered":"I REFUSE to be DEFEATED!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IT&#8217;S JUST NOT FAIR!<\/strong> If you have children, you hear this phrase often. To tell you the truth, that&#8217;s how I feel about some situations also. Things happen to all of us that are challenging &#8211; sickness, loss of a job, family problems, divorce, unfair treatment at work&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We all face problems of one kind or another and often &#8220;<strong>it&#8217;s just not fair<\/strong>&#8220;!!<\/p>\n<p>The next step is up to you! Are you going to dwell on the <strong>negative<\/strong> and the &#8220;<strong>poor me<\/strong>&#8221; syndrome? Are you going to waste your time and energy in thoughts and words that just keep you upset and don&#8217;t solve the problem? I was faced with a problem recently that upset me. I thought about the problem, lost sleep that night and woke up with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. My mind was active all the next morning replaying the same words over and over. I finally had to stop myself because I was not making the situation any better and only further destroying my peace of mind.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Never give up. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.<br \/>\n<\/b><i>Catherine Pulsifer<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I remembered two things that my boss\/mentor has told us.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Most of the things we worry about never take place. By continuing to worry, can we change the situation&#8211;make it better? My boss used to tell me that I could certainly continue worrying if anything got better when I worried\u2014and of course it didn\u2019t!!<\/li>\n<li>Next, use your imagination to create the best possible outcome to the situation. Think about good things!! Read out loud inspiration messages of hope!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/inspiration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-750 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/inspiration.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/inspiration.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/inspiration-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I challenge you (and me) to take these simple steps the next time &#8220;life isn&#8217;t fair.&#8221; <strong>I refuse to be defeated<\/strong>! 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Things happen to all of us that are challenging &#8211; sickness, loss of a job, family problems, divorce, unfair treatment at work&#8230; We all face problems of one kind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/i-refuse-to-be-defeated\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I REFUSE to be DEFEATED!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,158],"tags":[13,32,169],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-habits-of-success","category-motivation","tag-habits-of-success","tag-happiness","tag-worry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}