{"id":5866,"date":"2015-08-20T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T23:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=5866"},"modified":"2015-08-13T20:20:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T02:20:12","slug":"the-future-can-be-better-than-youve-ever-imagined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/the-future-can-be-better-than-youve-ever-imagined\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Can Be Better Than You\u2019ve Ever Imagined"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cJust because the past didn\u2019t turn out like you wanted it to, doesn\u2019t mean your future can\u2019t be better than you\u2019ve ever imagined.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> -unknown<\/p>\n

Everyone has a story of disappointments they have faced. Times when things didn\u2019t go their way. Times when the thing they were praying for didn\u2019t happen. Times when they tried their best and still didn\u2019t succeed. It has happened to everyone who has ever lived.<\/p>\n

But just because there have been disappointments in your past doesn\u2019t mean that the future isn\u2019t going to be amazing! In fact, it\u2019s often just the opposite. Many times the disappointments we have faced in the past have been leading us toward something ten times better in our future. Sometimes we simply needed to learn some lessons first so we will be ready to handle all the incredible things that are in store for us in the future. Going through hard times makes us more patient, and sensitive, and humble. Hard times help us discover the qualities we want to develop in ourselves, and without those qualities becoming a part of our character the future successes could turn us into a person we wouldn\u2019t really like. So when the disappointments happen embrace them and recognize they are a gift that is helping prepare you for something better than you have ever imagined.<\/p>\n

We can always find a positive way to view the things we are going through in life. Some people may think that positive thinking is hogwash and it does them no good \u2013 but I disagree \u2013 I look at it the way Zig Ziglar stated it when he said:<\/p>\n

“Positive thinking won\u2019t let you do anything, but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So think positive\u2026enjoy your right now\u2026and be excited for your future because I really believe it is going to be better than you could ever imagine! Have an amazing weekend everyone! And SMILE!<\/p>\n

~Amy <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cJust because the past didn\u2019t turn out like you wanted it to, doesn\u2019t mean your future can\u2019t be better than you\u2019ve ever imagined.\u201d -unknown Everyone has a story of disappointments they have faced. Times when things didn\u2019t go their way. Times when the thing they were praying for didn\u2019t happen. Times when they tried their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1021,155,2062,7024,7020,230,2186,1476,218,7,30,29,1477,55,180,7025,257,158,391,378,1875,34,464,7022,233,7021,867,217,1930,134,203,153,2169,576,5786,3458,7023,2407,1050,112,2836,149,2053,5780,4824,133,273],"class_list":["post-5866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amazing","tag-character","tag-develop","tag-develop-your-character","tag-didnt-go-your-way","tag-disappointment","tag-embrace","tag-failed","tag-failure","tag-future","tag-gift","tag-god","tag-grow","tag-happiness","tag-happy","tag-hogwash","tag-humble","tag-imagination","tag-imagine","tag-improve","tag-incredible","tag-integrity","tag-joy","tag-leading-us","tag-learn","tag-learn-lessons","tag-life-lessons","tag-negative","tag-patient","tag-perspective","tag-plan","tag-positive","tag-positive-thinking","tag-prayer","tag-praying","tag-prepare","tag-preparing","tag-qualities","tag-recognize","tag-self-improvement","tag-sensitive","tag-success","tag-teachable","tag-tried","tag-unanswered-prayers","tag-weekend","tag-zig-ziglar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5867,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5866\/revisions\/5867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}