We can handle changing diapers because we know there’s an end to this.<\/p>\n

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We know setting up a new business takes time but does not go on forever.<\/p>\n

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A friend with chronic headaches said the worse part was thinking there’d be no end to them.<\/p>\n

That he’d have them for ‘the-rest-of-his-life’.<\/p>\n

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In WWII concentration camps, those who said the ‘Allies’ were coming any-day-now<\/strong> survived.<\/p>\n

Those who thought their horrible conditions would never end, died.<\/p>\n

Sounds harsh but it’s true.\u00a0(read: Man’s Search for Meaning, Frankl)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Your attitude changes dramatically whether you choose to believe something is a new way-of-life or just a temporary thing. (Losing a job, for instance.)<\/p>\n

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Determining when something ends achieves two things:<\/p>\n

A far better everyday feeling because you know something undesirable will<\/strong> end.<\/p>\n

You soon find yourself setting interim ‘goals’ to achieve this end.<\/p>\n

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So choose a situation which needs changing and determine when it will end.<\/p>\n

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These are related:<\/strong><\/p>\n

# 7<\/strong> Disaster<\/a> – 19<\/strong> Expectations<\/a> – 20<\/strong> The ‘Gift’ of Knowledge<\/a> – 22<\/strong> Attitude<\/a><\/p>\n

32<\/strong> Red Light, Green Light<\/a> –\u00a044<\/strong> After<\/a> – 79<\/strong> Truth Time<\/a> – 93<\/strong> Heaven & Hell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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