If you just suffered a setback, read this:

You really wanted it, but it didn’t work out.

• I get it.

• You felt humiliated. I get it. I’ve been there.

• But did you ever take a moment to see this ‘setback’ in a helpful light?

• Answer me this: did what happened reveal something about your strength?

• What you did took strength.

• Yes, it did.

• You know it took strength.

• You did what you knew to be right.

• You pressed ‘start,’ you entered the arena, and you played.

• That’s bold.

• Others sat back in their rooms and chose to be passive.

• You didn’t.

• So don’t give me this shit about doubting yourself.

• Stop.

• No one knows you, your secrets, your deeper talents, or your story.

• Why are you giving others the power for their judgements to hurt you?

• And what if your ‘setback’ wasn’t a setback at all?

• What if what happened was the best thing that ever happened to you?

• Think about it for a moment.

• Yes, you see. You did find a way to see it in a new light.

• Take another look. What has this experience given you? Maybe you can make a list.

• You will find — when you observe from a space of calm — this pain was a gift.

• It may not feel like one now, but this is the power of thought.

• We humans have a knack for taking our thoughts very seriously.

• No one told us otherwise.

• And so we hold on to thought tight, and we feel the stress of the thought.

• But begin to let go and the pain will fade. You will be on track again.

• Maybe it’s already happening.

• Maybe you can see now how this setback was guiding you in a way that you needed.

• You can be thankful.

• You feel your pathways opening and your energy returning.

• You are back.

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