Do you believe everything you have heard?

Thomas Edison, remember him? He invented the light bulb.

You may think that such a successful man had a great supportive family, with teachers who gave him lots of encouragement. Here are some of the quotes from his childhood support group.

Mr. Edison’s teachers called him “addled”.
His father described little Tommy as a dunce.
His Principal told Edison that he would never make a success of anything.

Later in life, Mr. Edison had some interesting quotes of his own.

When asked how he felt about failing so many times to invent the light bulb. His response was

“I have not failed, I just found 1000 different ways that did not work.”

Another not so famous quote

“Many of life failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up”

Obviously, Mr. Edison found a way to ignore the voices and counsel from his past and form a better view of himself.

How do you view yourself? What comments are you allowing to influence you?

Cheryl Gowin
Counselor and Life Coach

http://www.discoverycounseling.org/
www.discoverycounseling.org/sarasota.html

Your chances of staying married

Here is an interesting of statistics on marriage and divorce.

For every thousand people who marry, 500 stay married and 500 divorce.

Of the 500 of those divorcees, 125 stay single and 375 marry again.
Of the 375, 185 stay married and 190 divorce.
Of the 190 divorcees, 133 marry and 57 stay single.
Of the 133, 54 stay married and 79 divorce.
Of the 79, 32 stay single and 47 stay married.

That adds up to 786 of the original 1,000 people are married … after all is said and done – but it takes them several tries. That means several divorces.

A helpful suggestion, start at step one with premarital counseling to help you be part of the 500 who stay married. If you are part of the group that has moved from one divorce on to a second marriage, do you really understood why your previous marriage failed? A part of planning for second marriage should be to get a good grip on why your marriage failed, so you don’t repeat the same mistakes.

Have a great day.

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This Blog is written by Cheryl Gowin.  

Cheryl Gowin is a counselor at Discovery Counseling. Cheryl brings her life’s experiences to individuals and couples as their struggle with issues of daily life.  

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