Kathryn Sandford gives 7 strategies to embrace life even when it gets tough.
I have been discouraged and defeated many times in my life. I have had life deliver blows that have literally knocked me to the ground. The feelings of hopelessness and despair have consumed my life for many months. I wondered if I would ever survive these catastrophic events or if I would ever live a life where I felt happy and safe.
The good news is that slowly, over time, my life got better, and I got stronger. When I look back on my life, I now realize that these “bad life events,” though painful at the time, were the catalysts for me to change my life.
People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh, and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters. They will not allow life’s circumstances to push them down and hold them under. – Charles Swindoll
Life’s Challenges
The only way for us to live our lives to the fullest is to learn how to persevere and deal with the challenges that life throws at us. I like to call these challenges “the curveballs of life.” Surviving these curveballs and persevering through adversity, pain, the feelings of hopelessness, and despair are part of the journey for us to learn about who we are. There is no other way to learn how to be resilient, courageous, hopeful, and optimistic about life and our future.
