I talked to a young man this week who was threatening suicide. Problems are temporary. When we encounter problems we tend to think that we will be forever faced with this problem. It will never go away. It will plague us the rest of our lives.
Problems are distortions.
As soon as you can recognize this positive attitude toward your problems and face the distortions that are there, then you can keep your problems from misleading and misdirecting you. Every problem has a distortion in it. Problems have a tendency to reflect life much like the fun mirror in the carnival. Neither would it be smart to base decisions on your life based on the distortions that a problem is causing. Let the immediate negative impact of a problem fade before you make a hasty decision that you will later regret.