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Something Bad Could Happen

Something Bad Could Happen
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Something Bad Could Happen

It’s easy to get swept away by the bad news: someone is treated badly; someone is swindled out of their life savings, the life is savagely snuffed out of a good person, a young life is lost.

Knowing about the bad things that could happen can be scary. It can get us to a place where we are waiting for the next shoe to fall. When will it be OUR TURN to experience something bad? It could be around the next corner. And it COULD!

Even after something bad, though, most likely, there will be something good around the next corner. Remember that the media has to pull news about something bad from all around the country and the world, just to keep us informed.

It’s not news that 16 million school children arrived safety. There’s no headline in knowing that 45 million husbands chose to come home to their families and share their lives tonight. The fact that 34 million of them were met with a hug and a smile; you’ll never hear Fox News report it.

So take the news with a grain of salt. Something bad did happen to them. It could happen to you. And if it does, you have the strength and courage to figure out how to handle it.

In the meantime, enjoy the everyday good times. Treasure them. Don’t let them get by without celebration. They are what this good life is all about.

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Filed Under: Encouragement, Happiness, Inspiration/Life Lessons, Lifestyle, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: Something bad could happen

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  1. Annette Petrick says

    June 3, 2015 at

    Thanks, Amanda. WIth the media blowing so many things out of proportion, we do need to be reminded to take it with a grain of salt.

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  2. Amanda Sovago-Royal says

    June 1, 2015 at

    Great post and it’s a wonderful reminder to us all not to sweat things that are completely out of our control and often are blown out of proportion when you consider all the good that happens around us. Not that I’m dismissing the bad things of course and they are tragedies but in the grand scheme of things I love the message behind this post!

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  3. Annette Petrick says

    March 2, 2015 at

    Thanks for your comments, Karen. It is indeed a scary time we live in. But as a quote I saw on Facebook says, “There is never, ever, ever a time when you don’t have SOMETHING to be grateful for.”

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  4. Karen R. Sanderson says

    March 1, 2015 at

    Good reminder about all the good that happens…but never gets reported. The news is sensation after sensation. I sometimes don’t tune into the news for days at a time because it’s all so depressing (same reason I don’t log in for most of my weekend time). We all just need a break and to realize all the good that is around us all the time.

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