Last week I felt like I had a bulls-eye on my chest! Arrows were flying at me from all directions. Most hit but did not penetrate. One, however, struck a little too deep for my comfort. As a result, I experienced deep disappointment. There were two courses of action to take afterwards. One was to wallow in disappointment and crawl in bed and hide. Believe me, there was a part of me that wanted to do just that! I did not though, and instead I did what I tell my clients to do: consider the lesson(s) to be learned!
So what did I learn? My path needs to go in a different direction. Yes, I am sad and disappointed but that will not get me closer to my dream and goal. My direction needs to shift.
I allowed myself a day to accept the disappointment. I also started to think about how my direction toward my goal needed to shift and what that might look like.
The bottom line to moving on from disappointment is the realization that what we wanted will not happen. That does not mean something better is not out there waiting for us. My focus is on the future and the opportunities, not the past disappointment. What do I have control over? Not the past! I do have control over what I set my sight on moving forward!
May your path be lined with few disappointments, but when you do encounter disappointment, may you find the lesson to be learned!