How to Find The “Gift” In Every Situation

There Is More to Any Situation Than it Appears.

No matter what you do, there’s a good chance you will come up against roadblocks to success. It’s just part of life. At the time, it may appear to be overwhelming. Whatever has popped up would feel like everything you’ve done to date has been a waste of time. That’s the thing about life! You never know how it’s going to work out or what’s going to pop up. That’s why it is so important to learn how to find the gift in every situation

The trick is to acknowledge how you feel and not let it consume you. When confronted by something unexpected, take a step back and try to find the gift and what’s going on when you’re in the moment. This is not always easy, especially if you’re emotionally charged from whatever popped up.

Learning to look for the gift can dramatically improve your life because it changes your focus from obstacles to possibilities!

Gifts? All I See are Problems!

If you’re open to possibilities, virtually every situation and experience in life hold can provide you with a gift, a lesson, or the universe trying to intercede and change your direction. To see this can be really hard if it’s a difficult situation, such as the end of a relationship, an accident, or an unexpected tragic event. If you work from the premise that there is a gift, it will appear!

How To Find The Gift (lesson)

To find the gift, you will have to find a new level of thinking. A great place to start is to ask yourself some questions to get your grey matter going. Simply ask yourself, “what can I learn right now?” What is the biggest lesson I can learn from the situation? What do I need to learn from the situation to improve my life going forward?

Additional questions could include: “How can this situation be a beneficial experience? What makes this situation worthwhile to experience in my life?”

Check out our Amazing Book Bundle on living a life filled with Gratitude – “The Gift of Gratitude” ebook bundle available for only $9.99

You Can Learn From Any Situation

Understand that you can learn from virtually any experience in your life, from falling off a curb to winning the lottery. It doesn’t require that you learn from negative experiences, as you can find great lessons in virtually any life experience. Simply try to understand that your life can

 dramatically improve if you are open to the lessons that life provides if you commit to continual learning. You can gather insights from disappointments, heartaches, and setbacks, BUT also from terrific experiences. 

Always remember that you can learn from virtually any situation. You might ask yourself what is the gift from a boring afternoon, or sitting on a crowded plane next to a screaming infant or a rainstorm erupting in the middle of a wedding.

It Comes Down To Choice – Choose a Less Stressful Life!

All you have to do in any situation, positive or negative, is to look for something you can learn. All you need is a change in mindset! Choose to see the positive side, the lesson, from any situation.

For example, a dull weekend afternoon might give you time to be grateful for having time to try something creative or relax on the couch reading a book. The crying incident might teach you compassion, understanding, patience, and peak your nurturing spirit. A rainy wedding day can help you get really clear about what really matters. You will then be able to experience the importance of the celebration and connect the people there! 

Check out our Great Book Bundle on the Gift of Gratitude HERE which is on Sale for only $9.99

Find Something to Enjoy in Every Moment. 

Enjoy the good moments even more. When something terrific occurs in your life, you will likely overlook looking for the gift. You already know or are experiencing positive emotions from what’s going on. During the more joyous moments of your life, we can boost the positive energy by consciously expressing your most profound gratitude and joy.

You can purposely focus on accepting and reveling in massive amounts of joy and gratitude in positive moments. This will add to your already high levels of happiness and joy. Rather than just feeling glad about your good fortune, you can actively express your gratitude to the universe and affirm that you will welcome all the positive experiences and blessings that come into your life.

A Positive Perspective

Remember that simply choosing to focus your energy on the positive experiences that are going on in your life doesn’t mean that you are living a life of denial. It doesn’t mean that you overlook or ignore negative or mundane aspects of your life. It means that you know that they are there and that you accept their existence. To increase your happiness, focus on understanding the benefits of looking beyond the negative thoughts. A by-product is that their negative influence will have minimal effect on the rest of your day and your overall quality of life.

Looking for the gift means choosing to lift your thoughts higher than your struggles. It removes you from your victim mindset and empowers you. No matter what happens in your life, you can choose your attitude and mindset. You can choose to focus on happiness, joy, love, and gratitude, or you can stay mired in unhappiness and struggle.

Problems Don’t Vanish. They Just Become More Manageable. 

Focusing on positive aspects of any situation won’t make all of your problems vanish overnight, or likely at all. The good news is that it will help you reduce their importance and lessen their negative effect on your quality of life. Remember that you create in your life what we focus on the most. This simple trick of focusing on the positive will help you to track more positive and life-supporting energy into your lives.

Final Lesson

Stop for a moment and look at your surroundings right now.

What gifts or lessons are available to you in your current circumstances?

Choose to embrace them and fully benefit from them and joy how quickly your mood can shift in a good way.

Summary

No matter what you do in life, there’s a chance that she’ll have a setback or some obstacle to your goal. Sometimes these show up when you least expect them, and if you’re not prepared, they can have a very negative effect on your quality of life.

Learning to always look for a gift or lesson from whatever happens in your life can quickly help you change your mindset. You can quickly shift from being overwhelmed by negativity to “possibility” focused thinking. This takes you away from seeing whatever’s going on as an overwhelming obstacle and now opens the doors to new potentials.

This simple change in focus can dramatically improve the quality of your life as it helps to lower stress, increase happiness and make your life more joyful.