C. Joybell C.One of the most beneficial and valuable gifts we can give to ourselves in this life: is allowing ourselves to be surprised! It is okay if life surprises you. Its a good thing!
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We all have expectations of what we think our life should look like. We want to be successful and we don’t want to fail, so we do everything we can to avoid failure. We sacrifice our time and happiness for the sake of success which will often come at the expense of our happiness. The truth is that life does not always follow the plan we hope it will.
Instead, it comes as a surprise that makes us question everything we thought was true about ourselves and others. The best way to deal with surprises is to just accept them and go along for the ride.
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