Have you ever encountered a week where everything seemed to be going wrong?

Have you ever encountered a day where bad news seemed to be your best friend?

Have you ever encountered a moment where you felt your life was being turned upside down?

If you answered “Yes” to one or more of the above questions, then you’ve experienced, like me, a bad moment or a string of bad moments in life.

There’s one big fact about life, it will happen—regardless if we’re ready for it or not. It is going to happen!

Remember the now famous words in the theme song of the legendary television show “The Facts of Life”?

“… You take the good, you take the bad,

you take them both and there you have
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.

There’s a time you got to go and show
You’re growin’ now you know about

The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.

When the world never seems
to be livin up to your dreams
And suddenly you’re finding out
the Facts of Life are all about you, you.

It takes a lot to get ’em right

When you’re learning the Facts of Life.
(learning the Facts of Life) Learning the Facts of Life
(learning the Facts of Life) Learning the Facts of Life. …”

The lyrics to “The Facts of Life” theme song was and still is 100% dead on! While learning and pushing our way through “The Facts of Life,” we must take the good and the bad in order for us to be able to Rise Above the many challenges (bad moments) in life.

I know… I know… Rising Above a bad moment can sometimes be easier said than done, yet, we can still do it. YOU can still do it! Here are a few suggestions on how you can R.I.S.E. Above life’s many challenges (bad moments) moving forward.

Relinquish your negative thoughts and self-talk immediately.

When you let go of your negative thoughts and self-talk during a bad moment, you Untie the Knot® that has you currently at a blockage point of self-sabotage. Free your mind and your best thoughts and self-talk will follow.

Imagine yourself attaining new positive options.

It was Howard Thurman who said, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” What starts in the mind plays itself out in real time (in life).

Set out to capture what you’ve envisioned.

Once you can see it and believe it, then it’s your responsibility to capture what you’ve envisioned so you can Rise Above the bad moment that’s currently standing before you. Give yourself the command to move forward and you’ll soon find yourself capturing your positive intentions time and time again.

Enthusiastically celebrate where you now are.

Each time you Rise Above a bad moment or a major life challenge, stop to celebrate in some way. You can get up and go out for fresh air and fun, you can treat yourself to something special, or you can let your family and friends know that the high-spirited and fun-loving you is back.

Rising Above a bad moment or a string of bad moments is about letting go the negatives, imagining the positives, unleashing the power of positive intentions, capturing what you truly want, and celebrating your courageous ability to press on so you can see clearly and move yourself from where you are to where you know you must be.

Never allow one bad moment to spoil a lifetime of good moments to come!

– Extracted from Ty Howard’s best-selling book A Collection of Daily Inspirational Booster ( Book 1 of a 12-Series Set ). Pub date: January 2001 by Knots Free Publishing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Copyright © 2001 by Ty Howard. All rights reserved.