The art of living has always evolved us to think more on how should we “live”, and not “survive”.
In a book called “Happiness is a hypothesis”, if a parent could see the course of his child’s life, he would have removed all the obstacles and problems from his life. But, is that a good thing to do for a parent, just out of selfless love?
Why do we at all need challenges/” uncomfortable” situations in life? Why are they important in order to shape our lives?
The challenges in life ensure that we grow and learn in life, or sometimes, change our ways to avoid them in order to reach where we were destined for. They make us realize what we are tenacious in life for? What our ambitions are? What is our potential?
Different people react to challenges differently. Some get sad, some get nervous, some get “CHALLENGED”, and only some take them as an important part of growing. Easier said than done, of course.
I have always been inspired by my father, who taught me this valuable lesson in life, to take challenges as a necessity and asset for living rather than as a liability for surviving. He says if you don’t feel challenged each day, then you lost a “day” in your life of continuous learning and development. The day is “wasted”. I try to maintain a positive outlook in the situation, and the zeal to “survive” and perform. It reduces my anxiety and nervousness, and my mind now focus on how innovatively I can come above this situation (and move forward), and not “come out” of it and stay where I was before receiving the challenge. The approach should be to face it upfront, and start working rather than contemplating and whining!
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