<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.getmotivation.com/images/hang-glider-inspiration.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="Hang glider flying" class="alignleft size-medium" />It is not what happens to us, but how we react that makes or breaks us. Life throws things at us when we least expect, some things are great, others are difficult. </p>
<p>It is fascinating to watch the difference in peoples’ reactions and how some individuals can find good in basically anything, a silver lining in every cloud. </p>
<p>Others fall apart when difficult circumstances arise, believing they are being victimised and showing little resistance to the situation at hand.  <span class="post-teaser-more"><br /><br />&nbsp;=>> <a href="https://www.getmotivation.com/motivationblog/2016/10/grab-the-oar/" title="Permanent Link: Get Out of ‘Bed’ And Grab The ‘Oar.’" rel="bookmark">Click to read the full article...</a> <i></span></p>{"id":2884,"date":"2016-10-28T23:07:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T04:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2020-12-21T22:52:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T03:52:54","slug":"grab-the-oar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2016\/10\/grab-the-oar\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Out of \u2018Bed\u2019 And Grab The \u2018Oar.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/images\/hang-glider-inspiration.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Hang glider flying\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/>It is not what happens to us, but how we react that makes or breaks us. Life throws things at us when we least expect, some things are great, others are difficult. <\/p>\n<p>It is fascinating to watch the difference in peoples\u2019 reactions and how some individuals can find good in basically anything, a silver lining in every cloud. <\/p>\n<p>Others fall apart when difficult circumstances arise, believing they are being victimised and showing little resistance to the situation at hand.  <span class=\"post-teaser-more\"><br \/><br \/>&nbsp;=>> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2016\/10\/grab-the-oar\/\" title=\"Permanent Link: Get Out of \u2018Bed\u2019 And Grab The \u2018Oar.\u2019\" rel=\"bookmark\">Click to read the full article...<\/a> <i><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Life throws things at us when we least expect, some things are great, others are difficult. 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