It can be hard to read a word like thrive and think it has to do with you.

It is like looking at the fall leaves and the winter garden but all of our lives have seasons.  It know it sounds like something that belongs in a get well soon or a deepest condolences card but it's true.

This is part of the reason why watching documentaries can help.  Most of the people that have done something great proved themselves.  It's like God test you to see what is in there and if you pass then you get to go to the good stuff.  

It is important that you believe that it's possible for starters.

There needs to be a spark.  

We have all watched a movie that had a plot twist.  Without the twist it would not be much of a story.  Imagine if a guy had an idea for a shoe company and it all went according to plan and there was no drama or the athlete that never got hurt or had to overcome anything.

You are not so special that you don't have to pass through a valley, a trouble or serious struggle or even a disability.

Listen to a guy like no legs nick.  Listen to Ed Mylett talk about being raised by an alcoholic or the dozens of people that are dyslexic and cannot read.  

You story may have many of the ingredients for a great one.  A great story of confusion, hurt and setback.  

You can be like the millions or you can be the Caleb and Joshua.  You must choose though.  And choose again and again.

They eventually thrived.  If they had caved to their circumstances they would have died in the wilderness too.