Overcoming Disappointment [part one]: Rising Above Disappointment

Steve Maraboli once stated that “happiness is not the absence of problems; it is the ability to deal with them.” I believe that. And I maintain that challenges come and they go, while at the same time, overcoming them is what not only strengthens our emotional capacity. But it also aids in growth and development. I believed that sometimes we overlook those moments designed to prune us and take us to our arrival.....   Welcome to: Rising above Disappointment    References Bell, D. E. (1985). Disappointment in decision making under uncertainty. Operations research, 33(1), 1-27. Retrieved from http://148.204.210.204/mdid/dissapointment.pdf Rivas, R. F., & Toseland, R. W. (2017). An introduction to group work practice (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson. Retrieved from vbk://9781323747094 Van Dijk, W. W. (1999). Not having what you want versus having what you do not want: The impact of type of negative outcome on the experience of disappointment and related emotions. Cognition & Emotion, 13(2), 129-148. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.980.7449&rep=rep1&type=pdf