It’s easy to complain about something in our lives that’s stressing us out or something going wrong today. For those in business or real estate it could be a sale, a listing or a client that you lose. For others, it could be lots of things life throws your way.

That’s until you meet someone who got his arm stuck between a rock, drank his own urine & had to cut off his own arm off with a small blade to survive.

For those who attended the AREC conference then you know who I’m talking about.

This is Aron Ralston’s life story whom I met a few weeks ago. They made the movie 127 hours based on him. Let me tell you, the real story is way more spine tingling terrible than the movie. A lot more detailed and everything that went through his mind.

So now when I’m in that bad state of mind, I close my eyes, think of something or someone I really love & ask myself “Did l have to drink my own urine or cut an arm off today?” Perspective.

We can sometimes get so worked up over things that don’t deserve that much stress & we just need to breathe and calm down. We put so much stress on ourselves a lot of the time, that we even make ourselves sick and ruin our health.

So look down at your phone or computer keyboard. Do you see 2 hands? If you do, then smile.

Everyday, remember to be thankful for what you have, cause someone out there doesn’t.