Frustration is part of learning
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We all had during the holidays a rainy day or several days of rain. When we see that it is raining sometimes we get angry and say: "Oh, now I will not be able to sunbathe". However, that rain allows you to discover a family conversation, a new trip, a different activity, and thus enjoy something that was not in the plans. Frustrations can be the starting point to grow, see other alternatives and discover something new.
We can take the path of negativity or creativity:
Remember the ten negatives, who left the promised land, gave a report of the most discouraging and thus promoted the gossip? That's why God told Moses: "Tell the ten that they will not enter the Promised Land, because they will not enter." When God told them NO, they wanted to enter, because they always carried the counter in everything; and they insisted on entering, but Moses said to them: "Enter, but God will not be with you." They came in and it was like that! They are those who say: "If I want to spit heaven and I do not run." But there is a time when God says enough.
Joshua and Caleb, they were positive they had a correct faith, they did not choose to stay in the desert, but they chose not to die in the desert.
The correct way to resolve the frustration is another: to activate our creativity. There is much that we do have and that we can use to our advantage. There are many internal capacities that, when we decide that a difficult situation will not win us, are set in motion to create new solutions and allow us to make peace with ourselves. We have to learn to frustrate ourselves and to reconvert that circumstance, so as not to be impotent.
On the contrary, feed on healthy, positive thoughts, hope, joy. Get rid of all bad memories of the past and decide to live in such a way in the present that you are able to create good memories for your future.
Professional frustration. Yes, emotional frustration. No.
At professional level or in the academic, labor, etc .; When something does not come out, that brings frustration, but not frustration as a person but as a professional. For example, a pianist rehearses his piece and after days and weeks of rehearsal it does not turn out as he wishes, he is frustrated, but as a professional, not as a person. What is the difference? When it does not come out, I go ahead with something else, I do not give up! That is professional frustration. But on a personal level, if something does not come to me and I "abandon" everything, that is emotional frustration. Do not turn all professional frustrations into emotional frustrations, into something personal. I went ahead practicing and with something else.
We need to learn that frustration is part of life and, although we can not avoid it, we can learn to manage it and overcome it.
The image used by many educational psychologists and doctors is the following: suppose a baby sees a toy and begins to crawl to reach it. The baby is frustrated because he does not have the toy, so he struggles and crawls towards him. Without knowing it, that baby activated the formula of success:
Frustration plus Effort = Success.
Hi @jenniferbrito!
One would have thought that the people were filled with courage and remembered the promises that God had given them and the miracles that he had performed. But no. On the contrary, because of their unbelief when they encountered adversity, they would have preferred to stone these men of faith instead of taking on a battle and fighting for the promised land.
Every adversity of life must promote creativity in us, to correct, to undertake and to advance!
Good message sister @Jenniferbrito, every failure is an opportunity to impel us to do things well. To recognize if we fail is healthy to progress, otherwise, it is the worst failure. Thanks for sharing.