Have you ever hoped for something very strongly and then experienced the disappointment that follows defeat…? I believe it happens to everyone at least once in a lifetime and probably many times to most of us! The distance between the peaks of high hope and the abyss seem unimaginable, but it’s amazing how fast you can go from one to the other… Back in the day when internet and computers didn’t exist, I imagine it would take a while to get bad news and thus the hope remained for that much longer. Nowadays, it only takes the time you need to write an email and send it, before the receiver goes from hope to devastation… 

However, the point of writing this is not so much to dwell in the self pity that might follow bad news, as it is to focus on the importance of staying in the moment and reinventing yourself! The immense disappointment of receiving bad news should always be taken seriously, but it’s what you do next that makes all the difference! The process of waiting for news, whatever they may be, is very tiresome. You’re waiting for something and that something, makes it difficult to focus on everything else… It might get to the point where you loose interest in most things, simply because you’re waiting and hoping for the best! When you get the news, good or bad, it releases a lot of adrenaline and that’s when you need to be ready to act! Being able to accept disappointment, is also what will make you able to rethink your situation or change your focus…

It all comes down to your outlook on life(or situation), I guess… If you’re able to see the defeat as something that wasn’t ment to be, you’ll probably have a better chance of changing your focus and using it for something positive! The ability to let something go, is also what will make you able to refocus your mind on what comes next. The reinventing of yourself, or lack thereof, will determine wether or not your disappointment is just that or in fact an opportunity to do something completely different in or with your life! Do yourself a favor and don’t dwell too much on the why and what if’s… Instead, use all the newly released capacity to make a change and head in a new direction!