Friday’s writing challenge: Words can smooth a rough situation. What words have you found have turned a bad situation around?
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In Chinese, there is a saying: Take one step backwards, and the ocean will appear more vast and the sky more immense.
“A bad situation” often is a gray-colored, personal, and therefore tunnel-visioned outlook on a situation. Stepping back from it means to detach yourself from your present outlook, and re-assessing the matter from a wider angle. It could be as simple as, “Ten years from now, shall I remember this day?” Or something slighter harder, like “Is this cup half-empty or half-full?”
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