Motivational Monday #323: Struggles can be Essential to Prepare Us

 

  • Building Resilience & Strength.
  • Perseverance, Perspective & Purpose.
What is above are fruits that when developed in us will help equip us for what is on the horizon. Building/developing these traits usually isn't one of those "Yahoo!" moments that excites us; they are usually the moments, the times that bring us to the brink of break. The good thing is when we persevere bas break, we hit breakthrough!  Building strength within us we did not have before. We may have not needed it before either, but it's now upon us because what we are about to embark on will require us to be a different person. 

We grow into success, we don't just achieve it. The only reason a butterfly has it's beauty, grace & ability to fly after the cocoon is because of the struggle that it went through. If there was no struggle, or even less struggle the needed internal fluids would have not reached the extremities & without that flow that fly would be a crash. It would still look the same, but internally it would have not been prepared for flight. 

Whatever struggle you may be in now or whatever awaits on the horizon, it is not too big for you. You can develop the needed skills & strengths to soar though it. 

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