Passage from How to Always Be Unhappy

This is a passage from How to Always Be Unhappy, a work in progress. You can read more about this book on my website, http://drsinghbooks.com

Murphy’s Law is the notion that anything that can go wrong will go wrong if given the opportunity. We’ve all had days where it feels like the sky is falling. You are sure the weather report called for clear skies and sunny days, yet that gray cloud keeps following you around, raining on your parade. The alarm clock doesn’t go off, your dry cleaning isn’t ready, the car won’t start and, when it does, the traffic resembles Times Square on New Year’s Eve, only you can’t even rock out with Dick Clark. You start to wonder what your day would have been like if you just stayed in bed and buried your head under the covers. Or, maybe you have a huge presentation at the office or in school. Whatever the reason, failure is out there somewhere, lurking, waiting to pounce on you. There’s no telling how many hurdles will be thrown in your path today.

Life does not take anyone’s plans or personal convenience into consideration. Therefore it is imperative that we must be able to adapt and overcome these detours from time to time in order to survive. That may sound a bit drastic or dramatic because it’s obvious that most people do not actually face survival, as in life or death choices, every day. But each one of us faces challenges both big and small throughout our everyday lives. Those situations arise in every aspect of our lives from our personal relationships with family and friends to professional forums with clients, partners, colleagues, etc. So here’s the big news, you are NOT going to win every challenge, clear every hurdle cleanly, or make every correct decision.