Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 704 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
Setbacks Are Not Stop Signs  – Mindshift Monday


Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 704 of our Trek, and it is time for our Mindshift Monday series.  Wisdom-Trek’s primary focus is to assist you in creating your living legacy.  Creating your living legacy can only be accomplished by gaining wisdom in many areas of life.  You can only gain wisdom by changing what you allow to go into your mind which is a result of changing the way you think.  In other words, to create your living legacy you must choose to be in a continual mode of Mindshift.  It is easy to get stuck in a mindset that your current circumstances cannot be changed.  This is not true, but you must understand this fundamental principle: In order to change your life, you must change how you think and what you think about.   Our Mindshift Monday podcast and journal will be to provide you practical ways to make a mind-shift to a rich and satisfying life. 

We are broadcasting from our studio at ‘The Big House’ in Marietta, OH.  Life is like a roller coaster, it has many ups and downs.  This past weekend we had the privilege to celebrate our granddaughter Hazel’s third birthday.  We could not have imagined how drastically our lives would change during this past year.  We did not know that Hazel would be diagnosed with Leukemia and her little body would be ravished by this unseen foe and the resultant treatments.  We did not know that I would break my femur in a fall that would result in several months of rehab.  There are times when the unexpected erupts, and our lives change abruptly.  It is interesting to observe how people cope with unexpected setbacks, especially when these events are so life-changing that it creates a radically different lifestyle.  We have all had our share of setbacks and disappointments in life where our fondest hopes and dreams are completely uprooted. It is so important that during these times that we are in a state of continual Mindshift because:
Setbacks Are Not Stop Signs
Each difficult experience that we face is hard to take, sometimes even hard to grasp within our finite minds.  Regardless of how difficult life’s trek is at times, it is not the end of the world, nor even the end of the trail that we are currently navigating.



Setbacks are only delays and detours. When our plans, hopes, and dreams are delayed, we have to have a mindshift and understand that what cannot be enjoyed today, may possibly be enjoyed later.  Yes, we may have to reshuffle, or even radically change plans.  Don’t lose sight of the destination, just because you are forced onto a different path.

Setbacks should be instructional.  We can learn from every setback or detour on our trails of life.  Valuable and rich lessons freely flow our way when our plans are denied or postponed.

Setbacks are not stop signs. There are times when evaluation is necessary in our lives.  Perhaps the promotion that you were anticipating did not materialize.  This may allow you to take a new path for your career.  We need to remember that the path to joy and success is an uphill path which may be very difficult to hike at times.

Setbacks are times for adjustment. Too many times we so easily slide into the ruts of life.  We become life robots just going through the motions, but not really living a rich and satisfying life.  Some of life’s most rewarding times come when you are forced out of the ruts of life because of a setup or upheaval.   It is during these times that we are forced to adjust our plans and look at life from a fresh perspective.

Setbacks allow for refocusing. When setbacks occur,