This is tough. I am at a point where I am faced with challenges that are coming at me from several aspects of my life.
I take a breath. It sometimes seems overwhelming. I wonder how I am going to get past this, overcome and master these challenges.
I don't always know what I am doing, and I write this out- to put my thoughts on paper, and in order to connect with that part of me that has the answers.
Everyday, I have to ask myself, How do I get through this? what steps do I need to take to find the solution? I don't always get the answers in that moment, and quite honestly I sometimes get frustrated in my impatience.
I keep moving ahead, facing the challenges, and to be completely honest, feeling ill-equiped to face them. I remind myself that everyone faces challenges with the same feeling of being ill equiped, and until they learn to master them through experience, only then can they gain the confidence to face more and more challenges.
One of the hardest things to do has been to look for the positive lesson in the challenges I face, and learn to consciously
choose to act in a different way than I am used to.
This is not easy. being constantly aware can be exhausting. It would be so much easier if I didnt have to constantly choose, and I could just be on automatic pilot- and do and think without thinking.
That is where the big lesson is. Why? because when we are on "automatic pilot" it is our fears and insecurities (or Ego) that rules and controls our lives and directs us to act and behave in certain ways. We only react to situations- instead of Acting consciously.
When you are aware, and make choices in the actions you take, you are the one in control. The reason it is so hard at first is because we are fighting against the "automatic pilot" part of ourselves. It is when we stop doing things out of habit- that is when we start to grow and take control.
Exercising your personal choice, makes you stronger, in character; discipline; responsibility and self control.
You begin to strengthen your character, because you are making conscious choices, and in choosing the best way to act to get the results you want- you begin to define who you are and act in line with the type of person you want to be- as well it builds your confidence. This is how you start to build character.
When you realize that you are in control of how you act- and in turn it means you are in control of how things turn out- you begin to understand that you are responsible for the situation you find yourself in. Ultimately you begin to see that the choices you make- is your consent to accept whatever result or consequences that comes with that choice. This is how your begin to learn responsibility.
The Discipline comes when you start to focus on making your choices count in your life. You begin to practice becoming aware of and knowing the right moments to change your behaviour- by choosing a new way to act or speak that is in line with the outcome you want.
When you learn to discipline yourself, you gain the self control to handle any challenge or situation that comes at you, and backed with the confidence you have gained from the process, and the persistence to get to where you want to go.
The struggle is tough, and can sometimes stretch you beyond the limits of what you thought you could endure- and in doing so you learn something important about your strength and the eternal part of yourself. We never know what we are capable of until we are pushed past our comfort zone.
This is why we should strive to do better every day- and make the conscious choices that take you CLOSER not farther from what you want to acheive in your life.
I speak to you honestly, I share the feelings and thoughts that find their way into my mind- because it is in writing it out that I am able to find the answers I seek- and in doing so I can also help anyone else that needs to find similar answers too. This is how I choose to connect.
Every challenge and situation is an opportunity to learn something about ourselves and an opportunity to Grow. So when opportunity comes knocking- are you going to take it>?
I hope I have helped.
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