If it doesn’t challenge you it doesn’t change you!
I heard this particular quote today and really felt an urge to write on this topic. So as a life coach and mentor I am constantly talking to people about life’s many challenges and what it takes to overcome such challenges. I think for many people they don’t like the resistance that life brings but even the bible promises trouble in this life (John 16:33). So when I see this quote saying to me that I am not changed without challenges it says a whole lot about what I as a person are willing to go through to be better.
To think that the path of least resistance is the best path means that I am not really wanting life to be difficult in any way. The plain and simple truth is that life will always be full of challenges especially if you are doing something right. Those who want to change must first be willing to be challenged in one way or the other. Many times we look at challenges as a hard place in life that we really don’t want to face however, it could be looked at as an opportunity to grow and learn from such trials.
To change in many ways is to be willing to admit that maturity in life must come in order for growth to take place. Also challenges bring about patience and most people don’t like to wait for things at all. In addition when life brings us challenges we must be willing to face them head on as our change is sure to come afterwards. As I mentor this generation full of young people who want things instantly, and also feel entitled to certain things this particular topic is one I stress to them often. One’s ability to accept a challenge is one step closer to maturity in this life.
Some challenges like money or the lack thereof, relationships, starting a new career, having to confront a person or situation, patience, traffic, exercising self- control, racial issues, racist people, politics, religion and so many more challenges that will come our way on a day to day basis all come to change us in many ways, but ultimately for the better. To say that this is great and fun to go through would be misleading but it will definitely bring about change that is needed.
If it doesn’t challenge you it doesn’t change you is as clear as it gets. Don’t be the one who goes through life the easy way all the time as precious lessons are learned through challenges. Don’t go through life looking for the easy way out as that hard road sometimes is the better road to travel, because the outcome is so much better for us. I live by and often tell people that the road to success is always under construction, and this particular quote really says this in a nutshell. So remember that life promises to have many obstacles but we must be willing to face them head on because we can’t overcome them by running from them.
Finally if change can come through challenges this means that life will be full of change. This is not a bad thing as we can grow from so many new experiences in life that allow us to be stretched. The greatest part of challenges is that it shows us how much we really can take and how far we can be challenged to reach our maximum limits. You never really know how much you can grow until you are challenged to do so. I really want you as the reader to really meditate on what it truly means that if you are not challenged then change can’t or won’t come. Be willing to embrace challenges as success is waiting on the other side of such challenges.
Have a great day!
D