Daily Inspiration #88
Henry Ford
Against the Wind

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American captain of industry and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
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The first producer of an affordable automobile.

That was a game changer wasn't it?

Well, today I have another appropriate quote from him.

"When everything seems to be going against you,
remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

We've all been here, haven't we?

When everything seems to be going against us?

Well, Henry here has got it right, an airplane takes off against the force of the wind.

Using that pressure and resistance to lift from.

Much like an airplane we can use what is against us to lift off from also.

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It's very easy to let life beat you down.

To let those obstacles and struggles become so heavy that it seems like you cannot move.

We ultimately have the choice though, don't we?

We choose whether to stick our head in the sand or to stand up taller and fiercer than before.

We choose whether to use those obstacles to spring off of or as weights to hold us down.

When life has beaten you into near submission you are not going to just instantly change your outlook to immediately positive.

What we really need is based in a concept called "Feel Better Now".

What that concept is really saying is feel a little better now than you just did.

There is an emotional guidance scale.

The scale above was taken from Esther and Jerry Hick's book, "Ask and it is Given".

When you are feeling an emotion that is very low on this scale it often will require you to cycle through many of the other emotions before reaching the desired one.

For instance, if you are feeling depressed you may need to get angry or discouraged before starting to feel content or hopeful.

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Clearly you will not need to experience all of these on your way to happy.

The idea here is to feel better than you do right now each moment until you finally feel great.

Many of these negative emotions are actually better than the one you may be feeling and can be used as a spring board to one of the next ones up the ladder.

They can be used to lift off from much like taking off with an airplane.

So the next time you feel any of these emotions, especially those low on the scale, remember to feel better now.

Continue to feel a little better at each emotional level you lift to until you are in a much better place.

Because it really is like Henry said.

"When everything seems to be going against you,
remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

Thanks for reading,
Michael David
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