How to spot opportunity when you are blinded by crisis 31 Articles

by Taylor Shay

Life is, in fact, one big obstacle course for most people. Our choice is to let those obstacles beat us down, or to use them as a doorway through which we can walk toward new life experiences. We can choose to let the ro...read more

by Tom Fowler

Taking a positive attitude in the face of adversity is a good and necessary thing, but this article will be something more than just an article on positive thinking. Here, we are going to explore several situations in whic...read more

by Felicity Jakc

A couple of years ago my husband suddenly and traumatically deserted me and our two young children in a small, isolated country town. He left silently, leaving the keys to a small video and bookshop we had with a mutual fr...read more

by Uniquelle X.O.

According to a book I have read, it is normal to get depressed once in a while, especially women who are more emotional compared to men. As for me, this happens regularly. There was a time in my life when I consider mysel...read more

by Erinn Soule

My favorite saying of all time is, "What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger" And growing up, my life may have been easier if I had adopted this way of thinking early on. When a problem turns into a crisis, and we feel ...read more

by Christian Fann

Spotting opportunity when everything else has been tried and, ultimately, has failed you is not always easy. But there's a light at the end, a ray of sunshine, or flashing bulb of a witty idea or invention. Those come w...read more

by Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha

Personal crises (endless in scope) are part of the embroidery that make up the quilt called life. While you are caught up within the jaws of crisis your attention diminishes and you perceive life through dark-coloured lens...read more

by C. Shell

Necessary Crisis... Crisis a natural part of the universe. Some say it creates balance, others say it indicates a lack thereof, I say both. I thrive in crisis. Don't misunderstand. I thrive in crisis which exists o...read more

by Shenni Bubb

It seems like only yesterday the words were ringing in my ear "I've got cancer, I'm not scared mom, but what about my kids?" No one knows how you suddenly taste the very pit of your stomach, until those words sucker punch...read more

by Guinevere Shepherd

When we experience traumatic events in our lives, such as catastrophic illness, bankruptcy, or a death in the family, it's easy to panic. In the face of crises such as these, opportunity can be staring us right in the fac...read more

by Vicki Phipps

How do you spot an opportunity when you are blinded by a crisis? How ironic you should ask that of me. Oh my. Please sit down. This may take a while. The first thing that comes to my mind is to say, "The best way to...read more

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by Greg B.

On June twenty third of just this past year{2007},my wife and I were blinded by a crisis.This crisis made me feel every emotion physically and mentally possible.I saw no opportunities,only death. The phone call came.I...read more

by Annette Liike

Opportunity often presents itself in the form of a crisis. There are numerous examples of people who have risen above a horrible experience and did there best not only to get through the crisis but to bring some good to t...read more

by Roland Parker

Unless we approach life with an attitude of defeatism, all crisis is the introduction to opportunity. What enables us to recognize success through the crisis, is being goal oriented. Make no mistake, this is not a simpl...read more

by Kerry Mulherin

Help has arrived. As a Therapist I can tell you for sure that everything that happens, has happened with intention of a positive outcome. Easy for me to say? No. After the loss of both of my parents in a short space of...read more

by Jules Red

In the face of crisis, it can be very difficult not to be overwhelmed. It may feel like we are unable to cope, that life is completely unfair, and even that we are helpless. These negative feelings can pull us down, dama...read more

by Ethel Smith

When England was bombed in the Second World War the citizens at home suffered as much as those fighting abroad at times. People were bombed and left homeless, literally owning just the clothes they were wearing. An elderly...read more

by Nancy Horton

Crisis does seem to blind people throughout their experience; really this is all part of the grieving process, starting with shock. The person experiencing the crisis is simply unable to focus on other things going on arou...read more

by Matt Lipford

Philosophers and scholors alike believe that life is mere perception. How we see life, therefore, is a reflection of our truest inner beliefs. Some would say, pessimistically, that life is nothing but a series of crises. ...read more

by Carol Jaquith

Write your articl I PRAYED FOR A CURE I GOT A HEALING. After 20 years of living with chronic illness I have had to wrestle with many issues. One is the power of intention. Or "The Secret" as it is popularly calle...read more