The Bigger the Challenge, the Greater the Fulfillment in Overcoming them
By Shiva
@Shiva49 (28397)
Singapore
May 15, 2021 9:51am CST
No one can bypass the challenges in life. They are roadblocks that refuse to yield without us meeting them head-on. The sooner we realize this reality, the better will we be prepared to face more of them. Some are truly a baptism of fire.
Our creator does not present us insurmountable challenges and the solution comes with them as a package too. It needs our ingenuity to unravel the intricacies. We have user manuals, search engines, experts, to find our way around when it comes to gadgets and other daily issues but personal challenges test our mettle. Though there are outside help, at the end of the day, it is up to us to face them alone.
I have faced a few that looked end of the world as I was hitting a brick wall but soon they were water under the bridge. Patience helped me and also the trust in self and our creator.
During such times some sayings replay in my mind. They have always reassured me that I can face any eventuality as part and parcel of life. Life comes as a package and none is excluded.
“This too shall pass” – Nothing lasts forever
Water under the bridge – move on, not worth brooding over
If you’re going through Hell, Keep Going – what Winston Churchill said inspire me as we all go through hell at some point or another. It is not the end of the world but leads to a new beginning.
What reassures you during tough times and how do you deal with them?
Image: Baptism of Fire from free media site Pexels
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
16 May 21
Yes I have noticed some will unashamedly tell you that their suffering is more than others.
This is total nonsense Shiva.
And yes, it can all be overcome. It has to be.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
17 May 21
@Shiva49 Indeed, all suffer and not one is greater than the other, but they insist it is
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@Shiva49 (28397)
• Singapore
17 May 21
@RebeccasFarm Being human entails some suffering too.
The unpredictability of change keeps us on tenterhooks.
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@Shiva49 (28397)
• Singapore
16 May 21
Thank you, Ocean Tiara, I had worked for a very wealthy person and I can say I was his right hand for many years.
It was not easy as a few were out to take advantage of him.
And vultures circled above him when he was losing grip and nearing the end of his sojourn here.
We all face tough times but from different angles according to how we are placed in life here.
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@Robinhuut (457)
• Bogor, Indonesia
16 May 21
In principle, there is only one way to face challenges; do what's right! Do not take actions against a pure conscience, the truth, or the norms and laws that apply in society
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@Shiva49 (28397)
• Singapore
16 May 21
Good response, never to go against our conscience is my way too.
And selfishness is a short-term goal but a long-term disaster.
Have the interest of society at heart and then we cannot go wrong.
Yes, truth should never be compromised for our peace of mind.
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@Prabhatsingh (3537)
• India
15 May 21
I agree with you.
A positive approach and mindset always help you get across bad times and bad situations.
You emerge to a brand new day, with brand new beginnings. 
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
15 May 21
I try to remain optimistic but these days it has become very hard
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@Shiva49 (28397)
• Singapore
16 May 21
I am in India now which has become infamous due to this pandemic.
People are, in a way, going through hell but the way is lit up by a few who risk their lives for others' safety and welfare.
Churchill's famous words should be the clarion call in such times.
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@innertalks (23745)
• Australia
16 May 21
Sometimes, one world ends, never to start again.
Another world then has to start, somehow, and go on from the ashes of the first, but the ashes, and the smell of those ashes, lingers around forever, sometimes too.
Lives can be changed in an instant, and unfortunately, there is no going back.
A fall from a horse did that for Christopher Reeves.
His life changed, and all he could really do then was to try to pick up the pieces, but the broken pieces, he had to live, with for the rest of his life too.
In the end, though, every life passes, and goes on to somewhere else, and where, we can never really know for sure.
So, 'this too shall pass", always comes true in the end.
@innertalks (23745)
• Australia
16 May 21
@Shiva49 Stephen Hawking, though, certainly made the best of his pieces, and somehow he lived on to quite a long life, in the end, having many achievements, and accomplishments too, despite his state.
God certainly gave him a huge challenge, but a huge mind too, that could match the task, it seems, without bowing under the huge load, as many would have done.
@Shiva49 (28397)
• Singapore
16 May 21
@innertalks I think some are made role models to set an example to others to realize their potential.
Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen months.
That did not stand in her way to become a prolific author and political activist.
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