ugh–the questions keep getting harder

How do you pick yourself up when you feel down? What are some of your strategies and how have they specifically helped you? Which underdog story are you most drawn to? What about the story touches you? How can it empower you today? 

 

Most things, given time and perspective, aren’t as bad as they seem. I usually feel down when I am worried about something that hasn’t yet occurred. I  usually try and ask myself what the worst case scenario is, how likely that is to happen, and usually I can talk myself out of my being down. 

 

Talking to a good friend always helps me get perspective.  Once I talk out my worries, fears,or feelings, I usually feel better. I also find solace in a good book. Reading has always allowed me to escape and step away from my feelings for a bit.

 

Choosing an underdog story is difficult.  If I had to choose, I pick the story of “Life is Beautiful”.  The movie depicts a Italian Jew who is in a German concentration camp.  He does everything in his power to entertain his young son in an attempt to shelter from his son the true horror in which they are living. The main character of the story refuses to give in to his hopelessness because he wants to make his son’s life as happy as he can. The movie portrays the resiliency of the the human spirit and how ultimately, a person is in charge of his or her own attitude and how he/she sees the world.

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