Challenges and struggle are part and parcel of life. We all need to learn how to overcome challenges and struggle in order to move forward in life. They actually help to strengthen and make us stronger. A person who has never struggled and overcomed challenges is a person who isn't moving forward in life. He will break down the moment he is exposed to struggle and challenges.
The following story describes challenges and struggle are part and parcel of life...
A teacher was teaching his students on how a caterpillar turns into a beautiful butterfly. He told the students that in the next few hours, the butterfly would struggle to come out of the cocoon, but no one should help it.
The teacher left the classroom leaving all his students inside. The students were waiting anxiously until finally the big moment came. The butterfly began to struggle to get out of the cocoon. One of the students took pity and decided to go against the advice of the teacher by assisting the butterfly out of the cocoon. He could not bear to see the butterfly struggle and decided to break the cocoon.
Shortly afterwards all the students were shocked to see that the butterfly had died. When the teacher returned and found out what had happened, he explained to the students that by helping the butterfly, they had actually killed it because the butterfly needed to struggle to help develop and strengthen its wings. Without going through the process, the butterfly will die.
The above story is simple but it brings across a powerful message. Human beings are the same, we all need to struggle and overcome our challenges in life. We will become stronger everytime we overcome our challenges. So if you encounter a challenge in your life right now, don't run away from it, face your challenge and develop yourself through the process.
You can only have abundant life if you develop strength and courage through struggle and challenges!
Excellent story. It is only through struggle and hardship that we develop ourselves, and learn how to live life to the fullest extent.
One tactic I employ, is picturing myself at some point of time after an event of high anxiety has taken place. You know the feeling. You're left wondering why you were so scared in the first place. This realization makes situations you may be facing all the more easier, since you know you will come out alright in the end.
Great post! I will check out more.
but sometimes if we encountered struggles in life we need also someone to help us through the problems, i mean someone that we can lean on to.. there advice specifically.. but its up to you.. we, ourselves our the one whose responsible to strengthen our mind.. to have God at the center of our life,letting our worries,problems handled by HIM.. in that case, you can overcome struggles in life, have faith in him and believe in yourself.
wawoo some times challenges are tooo many and hard to go over but even at such moments God gives us a door of escape.i love the fact that challenges come to help us develop spiritually and physically.