Challenges are learning lessons in life. Without challenges there can never be any personal growth. Without growth there is no prosperity. Prosperity is not necessarily monetary in nature but inner peace. To live in a peaceful state is priceless and worth its weight in gold. Turbulence allows for growth to learn on how to deal with personal issues. Nothing is set in stone and there are always opportunity to change your habits that enable changes in your life.
There are varying degrees of challenges that we face on a daily basis. Not all are bad, some are easily overcome while others require a bit of work to overcome. With an open mind, these are small or large learning lessons. They are a way of getting to know yourself better and realize that you are more capable than you imagine. When we look at our struggles as a learning opportunity, we can change our outcomes in life. The ultimate goal is to be satisfied with where we are at. Not everything in our lives have to come with a price.
We have to learn throughout our lives that we do not always get what we want however we always manage to get what we need. We need to become content with what we have in other words practice gratitude. Gratitude is important in order to be satisfied with where you are at in life. You have the ability to achieve more if you are happy with where we are starting from.
I’ve had many challenges presented to me throughout my life that would have easily worn other people down. I took those lessons and processed them in a way to learn from them. They were not easy challenges however there were many thankful events that resulted from these challenges. If I wished those events away then I wish for the great things that resulted to not be present in my life. Hence why to practice gratitude is the best medicine when turbulent times are around. We never know what life will bring us, so we need to look at life like Christmas day. You get to unwrap the presents given to you, some you will like and need and others will make you wonder why you received that gift. We should be grateful to have received a gift at all.
Too many people focus on what they do not possess or the things that they do not have enough of. In those moments you should reflect on how you can change those things. We are not stuck in the place that we are in. We always have choices, some of them require sacrifices and unfortunately in today’s society people do not like to go without in order to move ahead.
With the way things are going, people like instant gratification. Social media has trained us that we can get what we want right now. Most of which is true however there is always a price to pay. You can always get a loan or have another credit card to get something to fill the void in your life. If you are playing the long game, then working hard and staying true to your goal will allow for greater gifts to arrive. Either way there is a choice and it is determined by how your values line up with your wants.
Challenges will come and go, and in the interim it will teach you valuable lessons. Be thankful for the opportunity to learn something new and the life lesson along the way.
Joanne Robinson
