Chapter 6: Don’t Stop Trying

Chapter 6: Don’t Stop Trying

Life always appears to present us with countless challenges and issues on a day-to-day basis. It throws left hooks if we were anticipating right hooks. It affords us apples if were wanting oranges.

It even presents us with on the face of it awful surprises that we weren’t anticipating, and it bloats us with junky emotions that tend to tie us down to a life of averageness and unhappiness.

All the same, it is not so much what happens to us that really makes a difference, it's rather what we do with what happens to us that decides where we will wind up, what we will have, and how we will be metamorphosed by our experiences.

Never Give Up

It's really easy to strive toward the accomplishment of our goals and objectives when the seas are calm and nothing seems to be standing in our way. But, if we're not mentally fixed – the moment something starts to stir the waters and shake the boat from side-to-side – we start to panic and battle with our conditions in unproductive and unresourceful ways.

We see these issues and challenges as bigger than life and way past our capabilities and means. The events might very well wind up overpowering us and inducing great heartache and hardship. As a consequence we might wind up quitting and throwing in the towel – all because our resolve wasn’t firm enough to manage the burdens affiliated with our journey toward the attainment of our objectives.

Likely the toughest and most challenging obstructions that we face come from inside ourselves. These obstructions are exceedingly challenging to overcome because in a lot of cases we're merely blind to their existence.

The truth of the matter is that these obstructions blind us from comprehending reality in a resourceful and indifferent manner. Your first objective is to discover these obstacles and try to comprehend how they're affecting your life and perception of truth.

Second, you have to learn to deal with them in an effective and resourceful manner that will again help to move you forward toward the accomplishment of your goals and objectives.

Whenever you're centering on your problems, obstacles, and uncontrollable conditions, than you must realize and comprehend the reality of where you are directing your centering and energy.

It's said that whatever you center on will basically expand and envelop you in a fresh reality. Consequently if you continue to center on the things that you don't want; this will effectively amplify the things you don't want inside your reality.

All your thoughts, actions, demeanors and decisions will produce an unresourceful state of weak thinking that will also continue to sabotage your progress toward the attainment of your goals and objectives.

Let’s look at a couple of obstacles.

 In this scenario you've meticulously planned out every detail along the path toward accomplishing your goals and objectives. But, for one reason or another something unforeseen occurs and your plans are thrown off course and into a different unexpected direction that brings much stress and anguish to your daily existence.

 In this scenario you had successfully handled the issues and obstructions that stood in your way. But, every time you manage to put an obstruction to rest, a different issue pops up producing an even greater sense of doubt. It appears that the more issues you successfully deal with the deeper you dig yourself into further issues and challenges that appear to have no end.

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The above 2 scenarios of unending issues and uncertainty might in essence lead you to think that defeat is only moments away. All the same, the truth of the situation might be somewhat different than what you may imagine.

We must come to realize that life itself is a journey of self-discovery, and not just a mere combination of little destinations. It's a never ending journey that has a lot of unforeseen turns, twists and surprises that make it worthwhile and amusing.

When you're facing obstructions and challenges in your life, it's crucial to realize and understand that you're on a journey, and that no “one” event or circumstance determines how your travel will pan out over the course of a week, month, year or longer.

You can never throw in the towel and never quit because if you really think about it, there are a multitude of others who are relying on you to excel and succeed in accomplishing your goals and objectives.

Consider your youngsters, parents, siblings, loved ones, spouse, colleagues, acquaintances, the individuals you care about most, etc. How much are each of them relying on you to succeed? If you don't do it for yourself, than at least succeed for them.

Likewise, we must come to understand that – whether we know it or not – other people are constantly watching and observing our daily life decisions and actions.