Coming To Terms Of Disappointment

Who of us has not had disappointments?
People we trusted implicitly have let us down.
Someone we regarded as a true friend....
Turned out to be anything but a friend.
People we had previously supported and encouraged,
Dismally failed us in a situation.
It's so important to overcome and disregard disappointments.
Instead, remember the many acts of kindness,
You've experienced in different places,
At times from sources and people lease expected.
Recollect the many happy surprises you've had in the past.
There is more good in the world than bad.
Why dwell on and single out the negative experience.
Don't allow negative experience or negative people,
To discolour your outlook on life and spoil its enjoyment.
Things could have turned out much worse,
You could still be amongst them.
Not infrequently, initial disappointments in retrospect,
Prove to have been of value and benefit.
Emerson once defined a weed as
"A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered".
We often look with so much regret and disappointment
Upon the door which has closed.
That we don't see the door or two that is opening up before us.

"Go forward, do not be discouraged or afraid."