“When things go wrong,
don’t go with them.” I have
always thought that Elvis
Presley quote to be
somewhat puzzling. How
does one ‘go’ with wrong
things? And where would
one go anyway? Well, I have
realized that the quote is
really talking about one’s
thoughts. When everything is
falling apart, spiraling down,
becoming darker and
murkier, and it looks like
there is no light in the
tunnel, you must not allow
yourself to keep going in
that direction. You must find
something to hang on to,
something that helps you
stand on solid ground and
navigate through the
difficulty. We tend to follow
our thoughts – whether they
are positive or negative. It is
our thoughts that will carry
us upwards or downwards,
and the choice of which way
we will go is of course ours. …read more