We all have stand down moments that require us to stand up, in the center of ourselves and know who we are. When your marriage falls apart, when a job that defined you is gone, when the people you’d counted on turn their backs on you, there’s no question that changing the way you think about your situation, is the key to improving it. I know for sure that all of our hurdles have meaning. And being open to learning from these challenges is the difference between succeeding and getting stuck.
When you can see obstacles for what they are, you never lose faith in the path that gets you to where you want to go. Because this I know for sure. Who you’re meant to be evolves from where you are right now. So, learning to appreciate you lessons, your mistakes, and setbacks as stepping stones to the future is a clear sign that you’re moving in the right direction.
Strength comes from our ability to face resistance and to and walk through it. It’s not that people who perserve never feel doubt, fear, and exhaustion. They do but in the toughest moments, we can have faith that if we take just one step more than we feel we are capable of, if we draw on the incredible resolve every human being possesses, we’ll learn some of the most profound lessons life has to offer. ..there is no strength without challenge, adversity, resistance, and often pain. The problems that want to make you throw up your hands and holler Mercy will build your tenacity, courage, disclipline and determination.
Oprah Winfrey
Things I Know For Sure
Emerging From The Dark Night 