Seeing Consequences And Taking Charge

To take charge of adversity you must see the end result of what the adversity can do to you. You must see the consequences of the adversity in your life. This ability to see into the future with regard to the consequences of adversity will give you the ability to make plans and devise ways of dealing with adversity now as well as into the future. If you do not know what the adversity will do to you in the future, you will not be able to take charge of the adversity. For example, if one does not see into the future and understand how smoking cigarettes can cause cancer, how drunk driving can kill people, and how drug addiction can destroy one's ability to function, then successfully dealing with these issues will likely never happen for the person who is blind to these consequences. We must accept the reality of what adversity can do to us now as well as what the adversity can do to us into the future. To lie to ourselves about what may or may not happen puts us at a disadvantage when we try to take charge. To lie to ourselves cuts us off from the truth.