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On The Importance of Staying Calm and Purposeful through Trials and Challenges

 


Good day my dear friends,


In this journey called life, every now and then, whether we are simply minding our daily businesses and endeavors or following up on loved ones, on gossips or on things that doesn’t directly concern us in the name of caring, we very often may also have to face trials and challenges.


Trials and Challenges are a part of life. In this life, if we are to ever achieve anything worthwhile, or anything at all we should better make up our minds to face challenges gallantly. 

For so many reasons, whenever we are confronted by challenges, it should not be strange to us, because we are not the only one. 

Most times, trials and challenges are opportunities to learn from and they allow us to relearn the opinions we have held so dearly to us over the years. 

Trials and challenges are periods that take us back to the drawing table to reevaluate our positions on things. They should not be periods of discouragement, despair and hopelessness. We should purpose in our minds that we are not going to get embittered by the turn of events. Rather, we should consider that such moments present us with so many lessons to learn new technologies that could help us with better perspectives and arm us with wiser philosophies in dealing with the affairs of life.


I feel like encouraging someone today, to tell you that you are not alone in this journey of life. If anything we are to never allow ourselves to be weighed down by the feelings of despair, when trusting for the best in life, 


Where we do have a strategy, it will only be advisable to acknowledge God in all our ways, while following-up on our tasks, as we get clearer focus in handling the pressures of our responsibilities.

 

Rather than getting worked up by anxieties and worries, the attitude of trusting God, over time could get us clarity in our assessments,  in directing the connected events, which In turn gains us better perspective in exercising sound judgement in attaining good faith, minimizing the risk factors. 

When we keep handling trials and challenges, we could get better at preempting the required inputs for our specific expected outcomes. Over time our intuition could get sharper, and we could get better with following our inner voice. 



One major advantage is that we can go through challenging difficulties, with joy, without getting robbed of the zest and excitement of achieving whatever it is we are pursuing .


Kindly remember that you can always choose to own a grateful perspective, no matter how helpless we may sometimes be tempted to feel, so that we are not fixated and distracted by the trying circumstances of whatever we may be passing through.


It is my responsibility and your responsibility to make sure that we cultivate the spirit of thankfulness, no matter the circumstances, not minding the trials, the level and scope, in the pursuit of our various endeavors.


We always have a choice. Choose wisely, to always arm yourselves with the attitude of gratitude, to avoid the feelings of desperation and despondency. In order to overcome the feelings of helplessness.


No matter how little the steps we are taking, or that we have taken, we can keep training ourselves to embrace life with vigor and with gratitude in the calmness of our spirits, to remain in charge of our emotions, even when situations may seem out of our control.


The beauty of all developments, is that when we train ourselves to stay calm, we can enjoy ourselves in prayers and thanksgivings through the process with a sense of adventures, even when the situations are not like we usually will desire and prefer.


Remain calm and purposeful.


Do have a beautiful September.


Michael Yusuf


Comments

Emdarl said…
Great insight. Thank you for sharing
Unknown said…
Wow, amazing article. Quite exhorting. Thank you.
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Jay said…
This is brilliant.
Thanks for sharing.
Unknown said…
Beautiful words of wisodm sir. Thank you so much.
Nse said…
Thank you Mike! This was very encouraging. I love your blog.

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