The "Thing" and the Interpretation of the "Thing"

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations. ~ Alfred Adler

Let's face it- life throws all of us curveballs, we are constantly facing situations that change on us, people who act in unexpected ways and reality that does not go according to what we had planned and designed.
It does not matter if we are talking about a business situation or a family situation or the "man/driver on the street".
We don't have the slightest bit of an idea what will happen one second from now, what thought will be in our brain, what sound we will hear and who will be the next person or system to send us a text or facebook message.
Not the kind of playing field we human control freaks would like nor the type we are trained and programmed to accept.

However…..we ALWAYS have the last call.
We always have the ability to give meaning to things that happen to us, to the situations that occur around us and to the ATTITUDE we bring to things.
Alfred Adler said pretty much the same thing you might have heard from many other teachers, philosophers, psychologists or religious thinkers.
In the end it is much more important how we interpret the "thing" than the actual "thing" itself.