Hope In Times Of Trouble
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deeper, more helpful person than I would have<br />
been otherwise.”<br />
5<br />
Choose to See Yourself<br />
as an Overcomer<br />
Life does send great disappointments, but<br />
people are greater than their disappointments.<br />
See yourself as an overcomer. See yourself as one<br />
who can rise above disappointment. Our selfimage<br />
strongly determines what we become.<br />
The story is told of a fabulously wealthy king<br />
who had a son whom he adored. The boy was<br />
bright, handsome and perfect in every way—<br />
except one: the youth had a severely hunched<br />
back. This deeply saddened the king, so he offered<br />
a huge reward for the person who could<br />
heal the boy’s back. Wise men and women with<br />
good ideas traveled to the palace from all over<br />
the kingdom. But, months and months passed<br />
without a solution.<br />
Then one day a tiny, elderly woman happened<br />
to be visiting the kingdom and heard<br />
about the problem. “I don’t want your reward,”<br />
said the tiny, elderly woman, “but I do have your<br />
answer.” This was her advice: “<strong>In</strong> the center of
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