Millions and millions of people in the world have struggled with something or the other in their life yet have ultimately met with success. Struggle is part of life and no one can escape them.
Life is not a bed of roses
In my life’s journey, I have had many occasions to read or listen to the life’s struggle stories of someone or the other. I’ve also known how they all achieved success in life by overcoming their struggles by patiently enduring back-buckling stress and striving forward.
Their stories and my own experiences in life lead me to the conclusion that struggles to shape life. Life is never a bed of roses. They drop dead broken, those who do not dare to face the struggle that accost them. I’ve been through some amazing ups and yet some maniac downs in my life. And I’m glad I’m still here, keeping at life and kicking as well.
We Have a Choice: Flee or Fight
We have a choice about facing struggles- fight or flight, as the psychologists would define. The struggles you will go through will actually strengthen you to face the tomorrow. So if the present is challenging you, take it and face it. At the end of the tunnel, a reward will be yours that can make your life smoother.
Only fighters can go ahead in life, and they who flee are the losers. The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, suffering, loss, but eventually have overcome deep chasms.
We all stand somewhere on a continuum at the left end of which stand people who are absolutely lazy, not striving, averse to hard work, selfish, and insensitive to real values of life while at the opposite end while at the extreme right we have people who strive relentlessly, are proactive, absolutely selfless and have a clear understanding of the values of life. It is your choice where you should place yourself.
Nothing in life comes super easy. Every attempt at doing something will be met with a challenge. Why, didn’t you learn to walk the hard way yourself? Had you not taken that first step, you wouldn’t be walking now ?
You need to be Positive and Persistent
Your struggles cannot be bigger than you. So the whole idea of avoiding struggles is not being practical. Therefore, thinking that something you are working on has to be super easy and nothing will challenge you really will end up layering more struggles into your life.
Avoiding a work just because it is full of hurdles will not help you to progress in life. Take on whatever comes your way. To succeed in life you will need to adapt, update, and expand your skills and even a new way of doing things.
Struggles are More Important than Success
Winston Churchill said: “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” In skill building, you will meet challenges of stressful repetitions and repeated failures. At the other end of the tunnel you will emerge stronger to handle more struggles but with a song in the heart.
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