Hello Readers,
If you never try, you will never know. A lot of people are afraid to say want they want and that is why they don’t get what they want. You can’t stay in bubble forever waiting for others to come to you.
The temptation to give up is a common one and no one is exempt. Failure is easy and something that many of us find difficult to handle. Life happens. We cannot control the situations and circumstances that life throws at us, but we can control how we choose to handle obstacles when they are presented before us.
Whatever your walk in life, the ability to dig in and not quit when the going gets tough will not only set you apart from many others, it will set you up for a more exciting, more fulfilled and prosperous life. Adopting that dogged resolve, that ‘nothing is going to beat me’ attitude takes people to a place that few are prepared to explore and it’s here that life becomes more interesting.
Perhaps some of you reading this will be able to relate to my attitude in life. I am a bit of a rebel. When someone tells me I can’t do this, that or the other, my reply to them is ‘Watch Me!’ I set myself challenges just to see what I am capable of achieving. We do not grow nor learn anything much when we are nice and cosy in our comfort zone. Some people are full of self-pity and expect life to owe them a living and these people often envy those who get on with things and achieve their goals. Anyone can sit in a corner and feel sorry for themselves because it’s the easiest thing to do, taking the line of least resistance, it requires no effort. But if you are like me, very independent and strong minded, you will understand the power of positive thinking and how important it is to remain determined to succeed even through your most darkest hours. And yes, it is harder putting on a brave face when you don’t feel like it, but what’s the alternative? The secret is to get up, get dressed, show up and do your best, no matter what!! There is a very true saying. ‘Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry, and you cry alone’.
Many of life’s so called ‘failures’, a label given to them by others, often by people who are very short sighted and enjoy nothing more than to sit in judgement and they don’t like it when one day you make that all important major breakthrough and start living your dream. You never know how close you are to success if you suddenly stop trying. A lot of people take the easy option and just ‘give up’, anything for an easy life, when really they did not know how close they were to success just before they threw the towel in.
Life is not a competition. It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t give up. Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. It’s a matter of hanging on after others have let go. You either find a way or create one. A winner is a loser who tried just one more time.
So next time you find yourself in between a rock and a hard place, swimming against the tide and up against difficult, awkward people and circumstances, stay strong in the face of adversity because nothing lasts for ever and nothing remains the same. Everything changes, just like the weather, life is forever evolving. Courage is not having the strength to go on, it’s going on when you don’t have the strength, so it doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop because if you don’t go after what you want, you will never have it. If you don’t ask the question, the answer will nearly always be ‘no’. If you don’t make the effort to step forwards, you will always remain in the same place. Limitations only exist for those who need them.
Until next week,
Love and Light
Linda and The Lulas xxx
