SMILE THROUGH ADVERSITY

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Sandys Jar of Success

March 24, 2026

This week my life has felt like it was a mess. It was put into a shaker bottle and thrown around. When the spinning slowed down I wondered if it was time to give up or dive in.

I have learned through the past that you keep things around you that make you smile and keep you on track. Well, that is what got me settled once again.

Time to Give Up

I’m not sure about you but I don’t like to give up. I wouldn’t let my kids either. Once you start something you have to finish, right?

Maybe not always. This is the point where you throw your hands in the air and scream. It helps for a while, if I do say so. But that might stop what is going on but you are not giving up.

The time to give up is time to analyze what is happening. By collecting your thoughts and looking at where you are. Then decide your choice of a new direction.

Time to Dive In

There is a solution to every problem you just have to dive in and find it.

I am a thinker and an analyzer. I have to-do lists and piles to keep me busy. But that is just me. I like to see what I am doing and working on.

Even though I am adventurous I still have an end goal. Have had too many unknowns in life and I didn’t like it. So, to avoid that I make goals.

Diving in is just knowing what the next step is. How to fix or recreate what is happening. There is always more than one way to fix something.

Your life is centered around you. That gives you the choice to give up or dive in. Yes, I said you have a choice. You can only fix what you are in control of and find that is the solution.

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Hello,

I’m Sandy

Let’s learn how to smile through adversity. Life changes all the time, some good and some bad.

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Life changes all the time, some good and some bad. However, most of it we can control or adapt to as we grow. Then there are moments that are of the unknown.

Dealing with children, aging parents, dementia and cancer of a loved one, you tend to know change well. In other words, if you learn to accept it and know that it is coming, it won’t hit you so hard.

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Overcoming adversity takes hard work and if you create the right mindset you can smile through anything.

Adversity comes in many forms and people handle it all different. Adversity can be more than just difficulty or setback. It can form a series of misfortunes that keep you from achieving lifes adventures or finding happiness. Everyone experiences adversity at some point, yet with hard work and the right mindset it can be overcome.

Regardless of your situation, you do have a choice to either let adversity define you or you define it. I am here to help you smile through your journey of adversity and teach you create the power to overcome pain and work through it to the other side.