Life Observation # 165 . . . Challenges


Life Observation # 165 . . . Challenges 


Several of my friends are going through challenges right now in their lives and it once again reminds us that life is precious so get on with living so not to become stagnant in our daily existences.

Dale Carnegie once said: “About 90% of the things in our life are right.  Make sure you don’t overlook the 90% that is right because you are focusing on the 10% that isn’t.”

For most people that is a true statement but sometimes we want to focus on that 10% because that is what bothers us the most at the time.  Those challenges we face want to beat us down in our lives and we need to make that effort to choose a different path.  It doesn’t take much to make the day better . . . but it does take intent.  Even if there are challenges, obstacles and other craziness going on in our life, we always get to choose how we are going to tackle the day and the type of energy that runs through our body.  Is it easy, probably not but you have to show up and make it better yourself.  

There are several ways and things I do to make my Life’s challenges easier to manage.  It has not always been that way as in my earlier time I would procrastinate or ignore some things which built up and had to be handled anyway later so why not get off our butt’s and dig deep to make things better.



Ways to help you get through a challenge:

Accept it . . . It is easy to get bothered or upset by the fact that a challenge has come your way. We all probably have felt that everything was going so well.  I can’t believe this is happening or Why me?  If you haven’t really accepted a challenge these are some of the things that may come to mind.  The first thing you want to do when you realize a challenge has come your way is accept it for what it is.  It may be hard to embrace it but you also cannot resent it or pretend like it’s not there.  Accept the fact that you are being challenged and starting making things better to lessen that time of feeling this way.
Walk through . . . Realize the best way out is walking through the challenge. It really helps if you decide from the very beginning that you are going to face the challenge and overcome it.  No hiding from it or pretending it doesn’t exist.  Start thinking about and working through things and what’s the solution to be overcome?  How is the best way through things?

Emotions . . . Get a hold on your emotions and if you need to let your emotions boil to the surface and evaporate . . . Do it, and get it over with so you are not overwhelmed by things and can think clearly once again.  When challenges come our way it’s highly likely that we may have an initial negative reaction to it.  No worries . . . we are human.  However, the best thing about negative reactions is that if you can recognize them . . . you can acknowledge their presence . . . manage them by stepping back and looking at things from a different perspective . . . and eventually they will evaporate.

Life lessons . . . All challenges bring with them Life lessons so know there is a lesson and something beneficial for you at the end of going through all of this.  Although it can be difficult to see the lesson or the benefit of a challenge, there always is one.  In the book “Illusions” by Richard Bach there is a line, “There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands.  You seek problems because you need their gifts.”  It is so true and you just have to be willing to step back and look for it.  And, if you still don’t see it . . . you need to just have confidence that somehow . . . someway . . . there is a good reason for whatever is happening.

Take action . . . Once you figure out the steps to take in any challenge you need to start putting one foot in front of the other and take them.  No one wants to experience a challenge any longer than necessary and I truly believe in that!  It is all in how we work through things and although I get it that they may come from time to time, there’s no reason to allow them to linger.  It may start out as baby steps but once you figure out the direction you want to go . . . you have to start taking steps to manage through the challenges that has come your way.

Stay positive, even when things are looking pretty down, and lift your self up into the joy and abundance that life has presented you.

Ice

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