Eyes on the board - guide in overcoming adversity.

It is puzzling when you see two people start out in financial trouble and you see one person say, "Never again! This will be the lowest point in my life. I will strive and become better!" while you see the other person fall into self pity.

I believe that each one of us has the capacity to overcome difficult odds. Deep inside of us is an unquenchable fire to overcome adversity. I also believe that each one of us has a breaking point, a point when we think we could not take it anymore. But even in that very moment there is a voice in our heart that asks, "What if I will not give up now?". 

Me and my wife, Joyce, have a saying that helps us persists in hard times and it is this, "eyes on the board". When we are discouraged that saying is reminding us where we are focusing in. "Eyes on the board" mean pay attention on the right things. It is easy to get discourage if your attention is on the problem so we encourage each other by saying, "Sweety, eyes on the board." It can mean that we are focusing too much on the problem and not on the solution. 

Recently, we went into some financial problems. It was discouraging and disheartening. But we know that if we persist we will eventually get out of it and we will be on better position. We kept reminding each other to set our eyes off the problem but the solution and the ultimate outcome. It was difficult but it helped us gain a bitter perspective.

We may not have a choice on the circumstance we are in but we have a choice on what we focus on. Eyes on the board!