Every challenge is a pivotal point in life, an opportunity to become stronger, wiser and to refine the beauty that is our lives. But, that growth can’t be achieved without first acknowledging our worth and loving ourselves at the core.
Have you found that all your hard work
and effort isn’t getting you closer to your life goals? It seems
that no matter how hard you try, the struggle isn’t producing the
desired result.
Before you head toward that bad place
where self defeat and self doubt reign supreme, decide to change the
way you frame it. Recognize that disappointments and failure don’t
define you but instead represent a small sliver of life that needs an
adjustment or pivot. Take a few meditative breaths and realize the
opportunity you’ve been given-a chance to change your approach and
take something that’s not working in a fresh new direction.
Don’t
be afraid to let a bad idea or stagnating life strategy fail because
you don’t want the world to know you missed the mark. Instead, just
go with your gut and let your intuition lead you in a new direction
for a change. A small modification in your strategy could produce
unprecedented success and it's right there waiting for you to
discover and take the risk.
Look around for mentors and examples of
those heroes who have been willing to take risks, follow their dreams
and find success despite the setbacks along the way. Moving forward,
the opportunity to take your life in a new, transformative direction
should be received with gratitude and optimism, despite the unknowns
and hardships.
Most truly successful people in this
world know they won’t find success without a fight, and they know
for certain that choosing the safe, predicable route will lead to a
boring and expected result. The foreseeable will never bring any of
us to a new-enlightened place, but failure, while messy, is the best
and fastest method known for recognizing new potential in any problem
or situation.
So roll up your sleeves, start getting
dirty by taking a long, honest look at your approach to life,
projects, opportunities, and challenges and then observe the parts
that are lagging behind. It’s time to look for a new path, harness
new potential and direct a new course with some decisive action. Any
great idea or superlative design is useless without decisive action
and energy to move it forward.
Ultimately, when you find the success
you desire, take a moment to see that it’s a continuous process
loop of learning and growing that makes you stronger and reveals an
even more beautiful and richer version of life.
There is such power in being able to
observe rather than inflicting self-sabotage when things don’t work
out as planned. That heightened ability to observe, without blame,
comes more naturally as we see, in hindsight, the ultimate value in
any fail.
Some of us need a nudge, while others
prefer to be clobbered before taking a clue from the universe to
look for the massive potential in life’s messes. It might require a
slight revision, a full adaptation or a search for an external
solution buried at the bottom of the pile. Despite the mess, you must
be wiling to go all the way back to the beginning to unearth what
might have been left for trash or been sorted wrong from the very
start. The answers might be small and simple or big and complex;
regardless the fail will unravel and reveal that nugget of truth in
the end.
The truth refines our life, makes it
better, richer and more intense. It gives gravity to the day, the
hour and to this very second of our precious life. Truth is sharp but
its edge delivers sweet insight and clarity that makes us wiser,
smarter and stronger beings in need of continuous enlightenment.
So ask yourself honestly, what’s
holding you back from your version of success right now?
