WHEN IT GETS TOUGH

 

There comes a time when plans fail, helpers hold back, motivators get busy, family is distant and your mind is losing out on you and all you have is yourself. It is how you emerge from the battles of your circumstances that matters because only victory is celebrated - you first need to see it, and then stretch out for it. The struggles of this life define the strong, not in muscle size but in the will to survive the odds and be victorious.

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We have been taught how to depend on others to rise up when the pressure of life lays a grip on our every fiber, pulling us down and apart, in as much as it is true there is help out there, it is not in all circumstances – especially when no one sees what you see or where you are headed. The mental pressure of life is real and it takes just one’s self to realize you are struggling or wrestling over something. Life is first private before the interdependence on other people, even in the presence of other people and all the encouragement that comes from their words and show of love, it would still take just you to recognize the words as potent enough and use them to lift yourself above the struggles of your dark space. You are the first encourager of yourself.

 

WHEN YOU ARE IN THE FRONT SEAT

Do not feel strange when you run out of energy especially when it depends on you to make the group, family, or business work. It is okay to feel overwhelmed. When it depends on you to make things work, it means everyone else no matter how thoughtful they are looks up to you for the next move and action which will bring life and essence to their lives.

It is not easy to lead the way, as the leading figure you will need to learn to be alone and believe you have all it takes to rise when progress seems oblique and invisible over the horizon. It is always difficult to build anything meaningful and worthy if it’s going to outlive you. It is from one man’s drive and consistency that any society thrives. Do not stop at what seems difficult, only a few people keep moving when the obvious is tough and appear barren. Only successful stories are remembered.

THE WORST

You have to finish it! No one dies from striving to make it work so you won’t die, keep working. Don’t excuse it away. You will need to lift yourself to where you will be alive to share the story of the place of struggle as an encouragement to those little soldiers who will come up the plains where nothing seems to grow or survive. Let no one “mistell” what it really meant when you were in the deep with many fears - you need to finish it in order to tell the story yourself and be present to answer the questions yourself and not have the reality thwarted. You need to be there in the end so get there.

 

WHO SHOULD KEEP FIGHTING?

It is not everyone who is fighting for something, those who are battling something are a few and that is why it is difficult to fight and keep fighting because all those who are not fighting are obstacles in your path. If you see yourself here, keep moving:

·         Those who see the vision

·         The one doing the right thing

·         The one with helpless dependents

·         Those on who it depends to make it work

·         The one who wants to make his life count

 

WHAT TO DO?

You are never out of options; all you have done that did not work is just because they were the wrong options for the situation at hand so choose again and get back to work.

·         Take a break

·         Talk to someone

·         Talk to yourself

·         Reorganize

·         Scale down to one thing

·         Get into the company of other fighters

·         Get back to work!

 

There is an overarching system that controls what comes to any man as a difficulty, challenge or problem and it ensures no one experiences what they don’t have the capacity to survive and win. You only attract what you can handle. You will not want to get to the other side of life only to realize that what it took to drive the dream home lay within you untouched. God is The Architect of that system and He is your source too so when you feel dry, empty, and vulnerable, draw back to Him and drink of His free substance.

 

PAUL ANANG AMASAH

5th JULY, 2024

THE COLLEGE BUSINESS CONSULT

thecollegebc@gmail.com

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  1. Anonymous29 July 2024 at 14:37

    Thanks dearly Sir .
    Very interesting and informative

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