“Take charge of your own growth. Growth, it’s been said, is the only evidence of happiness. Every day you always have a choice–you can either step forward into growth, or step backward into safety.” Source
NOTE: Playing it safe is the easy road, but not necessarily the best road. it’s the easy road. Taking the tough road requires discipline, patience, and endurance. It’s the only way to grow. When we test our limits we enter into an “uncomfortable zone.” It’s not easy but it provides us with opportunities to gain confidence, test ourself against the unknown, and the opportunity to look back and say, “I didn’t quit. I did it!”
“The most important three words you can say to yourself: Yes I can!” Denis Waitley
We’ve all seen it. When someone puts their heart into doing something, he/she does it. They don’t quit. They eat up obstacles the way folks in south Texas eat barbecue. When you face a challenge. Say the three words, ‘Yes I Can’ over and over until you meet the challenge.
“In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing.”
Resilience is what allows you to cope with life’s ups and downs. Making something worthwhile out of painful times helps your resilience grow. Starting a support group to help others, or making something creative out of bad experiences by, for example, writing, painting or singing, can help you express pain and get through hard times.
“It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.”
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Don’t be discouraged. Your dream may seem far away, but it’s just beyond the cloud cover waiting for you. Keep climbing, don’t quit,
it’s within your grasp.
“Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord (Michael Novak).”
To persevere and endure during the tough moments builds our strength. Hope is the ingredient that fuels our endurance. We go forward knowing a better tomorrow awaits. Pray for guidance, strength, and the courage to keep on walking during the tough times.
“Those who can bear all can dare all.”
“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.”
