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The gifts that come wrapped in your troubles.

Publication: Making it Work
Publication Date: 06-NOV-01 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Author Chuck Swindoll wrote, "opportunities often come to us cleverly disguised as impossible problems." Within our problems lie the keys to our future. When miners pan for gold they shake the pan. The sand falls away and the gold nuggets matriculate to the top. Problems shake our pan. They break us out of old patterns, and give us insight. Our difficulties contain within their ugly exteriors five beautiful gifts. When we respond positively to trouble we unwrap these gifts.

Gift 1: Insight into yourself. After the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centers President George W. Bush spoke the words, "adversity introduces us to ourselves." When we are living the soft life we have the chance to keep our masks on. We can avoid dealing with the nagging contradictions...

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