Challenges - A Must Tool

 “When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They are sent to promote, increase and strengthen you”

A life absent of challenges, obstacles and/or failures may sound like a dream, but over the years, I’ve come to understand that in life, adversity is not only inevitable but also necessary if we were to aspire to become our very best self.

If you happen to be going through challenges and are feeling defeated, I’m here to offer you a bit of comfort and solace.

Below, you’ll find 5 hidden blessings that often come through rejections, failures & challenging times.

I hope they’ll inspire you to stop resisting adversity and learn to start embracing it instead.

1. Challenges remind you that you’re stronger & more capable than you give yourself credit for.

“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” ― Bob Marley

Most of us have a tendency to underestimate ourselves and our capabilities. And tough times, whether we like it or not, forces us to respond in ways beyond what we thought was possible.

They serve as a reminder that much of the limitations that we think we have are in fact – invalid.

2. Challenges help you to cultivate gratitude & compassion.

Times of struggle often opens our eyes to the simple joys and things that really matter which we previously have taken for granted.

The experience of having gone through pain & defeat can also help us to better relate and be more compassionate to others.

3. Challenges clarify what you truly want in life.

When you find yourself struggling in the professional sphere – whether it is feeling miserable at your job or finding it difficult to land that new “ideal” opportunity everyone thinks you should have, it forces you to re-evaluate how YOU want YOUR life to play out.

4. Challenges sharpen your grit.

It’s not a rarity that highly successful people credit their resilience and persistence aka grit as one of the main reasons to their immense success.

5. Challenges make your achievements even sweeter.

“The greatest view comes after the greatest climb” they say and I personally found it to be true. It becomes all too easy to take everything for granted when they are handed to us on a silver platter.

Final Thoughts

There you have it, 5 great silver linings that can be found even in your darkest times.

Appreciating these difficulties can allow us to accept them, learn from them, and ultimately take back our power from them. Doing this reminds us that we’re the authors of our lives – not the circumstances we’re facing.

Challenges give us the chance to become something more - something greater. Maybe even something pretty damn incredible.