By Dalia Ashraf
How do you react when you face something that is difficult? Do you think it makes you stronger or smarter? Do you assume that you can face and overcome anything? We all face times when we just want to quit, give up or lose hope. But very few special individuals don’t give up, they take it as a challenge to prove themselves.
“The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution”
Problems make you emotionally resilient, and unbreakable. They make you wiser and more experienced. They add to your strength, enrich your potentials, and boost your confidence. If you walked out of a problem surviving it then you can survive almost anything, and the harder it gets, the stronger you become.
What your facing determines your strength. You don’t become great by what you are achieving, you become great by what you are over coming. Besides this, you never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.
You are chosen to under go difficulty, because your will is invincible, your belief is unshakable, and your courage is by no means unlimited, but your just not aware of this. You don’t have to agree, but when problems occur, there are ONLY two outcomes. Either you walk out of it stronger than ever or as weak as you can get.
Some people in difficult times start maintaining thoughts and beliefs about themselves that they are not worthy, not good enough, and endless negative thoughts. Most of them are certainly wrong. You may be good or even great, but you start thinking that you are not because of daily problems.
Problems may have nothing to do with you, they normally do occur, you are not the first or last person to experience them. Don’t waste your magnificence special side that you have by those thoughts.
” Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely…”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes from facing too many impasses, people give up on what they believed in. Your not giving up hope because your weak. The truth and the fact is that by losing faith the problem doesn’t fade, its still there. You have to face it sooner or later. Feeling low can in seconds destruct beliefs.
Surrendering will not make you feel any better. The more you hold on, the more likely your success is, but it doesn’t happen over night. Better days will come and you will recover. Life is like an elevator. It goes up and down.
Some say that time heals, over time you will be well again. Don’t give in to a problem and let it keep you stuck. Be strong and try to look at the good side that you can take advantage of and create new characteristics. I advise you to create a fighter in you, because nothing is really worth ruining your days.
Oprah Winfrey, the most successful talk show host, had to over come many life changing obstacles throughout her lifetime. She was sexually abused in her childhood more than once; she lived through poverty and became stronger and more intelligent in spite of these experiences. Although finding her way to fame was not an easy task, she maintained a level of power and prestige that many people would have never dreamt of. If she had surrendered, the world wouldn’t have been impressed by such a person.
Walt Disney was a famous writer, he was fired from his job in the early stages of his career because he lacked creativity. It was through those challenging obstacles that he learned to succeed and found the strength within himself to push forth. Through his hard work and dedication, he was able to create a trademark that everyone everywhere has a special passion for, known as Walt Disney.
Those few lines cannot explain all the suffering that they had undergone. But the fact is, to be able to change ones life and the lives of millions of people, one has to pass through intolerable moments to climb that far. The more you overcome, the more capable you are of reaching far.
When it is evident that today’s icons have passed through difficulty, it gives strength, hope and the ability to endure. Remember those examples as motivation; it will help you go where you would like to be. The battle that you may be going through is forming your personality, it triggers in you out of the ordinary and special qualities, use them to reach the stars!
Written By: Dalia Ashraf. I am a contributor to the effort of improving peoples lives. I have joined with the Vances. What will you do? Life is too short to let it pass by. http://simplythebestbooks.viviti.com/landing-page-the-truth-of-who-we-are
Thank you for reading.
Article Source: The Lion Hearted You
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