The Hidden Gainfulness of Challenges

There are lots of people that wish for challenges not to come because they see it as an obstacle to their success but they are not able to see that what they have concluded as obstacles can actually become a stepping stone to their success. It is worthy to note that the challenges that come your way is not to stop you but through them, you may be able to prove your true worth. As a matter of fact, if you take away challenges from life in general, life will lose a major part of what makes it interesting. This is because when those challenges are overcome, then life will become more meaningful. So in the absence of challenges, there will be nothing to overcome and the meaning in life will be nonexistent.

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In a football match for example, if the two teams do not challenges themselves so that one of them wins over the other, the trophy will not be handed over to them. Imagine handing over a trophy to a team that never engaged in a match, it will make a mess of the game of football. So it is by the teams challenging themselves that meaning is brought to football. In the same way, challenges in life come primarily to create a meaning for living. More so, it helps one to create value for themself and the environment by proffering solution to the challenges of life. Take for example, there was a challenges with communication and everyone relied on writing of letters which normally takes a while to be delivered. However, with the solution of digital "multimediarism", messages can now be delivered in microseconds.

In the field of military for example, the true worth of a soldier cannot be tested from the office but from the battle field. No matter how much a soldier is thought to be worth, he will not attain the level of a General until he has been tried in combat. In the same way, it is the presence of challenges that gives expression to the hidden value in people. It is only ignorant people that will wish for challenges not to come but wise people brace up and expect challenges because they know that challenges are their sure pathway to emerging as a success.

A good sailor is not made by the calm and peaceful river but by the boisterous sea. It is true that the sailor may not be able to determine the intensity at which the storm will come, but he can only brace up to direct his sail aright and to align with the direction of the storm. So instead of being scared of the storm, he can sail on it to arrive at his destination. Similarly, in life, there are occurrences that, no matter how much you wish, you cannot stop them from happening, but you can only leverage on them to make progress.

What you need to overcome challenges is to build up yourself and make yourself ready. For a soldier to do well in combat, he must have trained before the day of combat and lived ready. No soldier waits until the day of war to get ready, they train and live ready. Similarly, no one waits until challenges to come before they build themselves to overcome them, they have to constantly build themselves and wait for the challenges to come. If you fail in the time of challenges, it is not that the challenges are bigger than you but it is simply because you were not prepared enough to take it on.

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You will agree with me that the same fire that causes the clay to get hardened is the same fire that, if it comes in contact with wax, it will melt it. You see, what makes the difference is not the size of the challenges but what you are built of. The same stormy wind that will carry other birds will be leveraged upon by the Eagles to soar higher. The difference is not the storm but the nature of the bird. So build yourself. Update your knowledge-base, get to know your strengths and shortcomings. Then when the challenges come, you will be at a better advantage because you have gathered enough leverage to confront it.

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