Setback or opportunity?
Saturday, January 16th, 2010When is a setback an opportunity? When we decide to make it one.
This week I suffered a minor personal, physical setback. While I was working out on Monday morning I tore the ACL (one of 4 ligaments) in my left knee. I may have also damaged the MCL & meniscus – we are waiting for MRI to know the full extent. I’m now on crutches.
On one hand this is a big disappointment. It will slow down my training and I will probably need surgery. It may take 6 months or more until I am fully rehabbed.
On the other hand, I am gaining new insights from this experience that have stimulated exciting new sewing and quilting related ideas. I have a whole new perspective. Hopefully, these are “worthy” project ideas that I will be able to share with you this year. AND…since my wings have been clipped so to speak, I have more time each day to develop them.
In the end, I know my destination and I have confidence that I will make it eventually. I am not in a competition. Each day IÂ remind myself that I need to savor each step of the journey and explore the insights and richness found in the opportunities as they come.
Time is the most valuable resource we have. How we spend it matters. Once it is gone, we can never get it back. Not for any price.
How about you? Do you have a setback that you can turn into an opportunity? Tell me if you’d like to share. I’d love to hear about it.
