Day 310 of wisdom
“And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The true test of a man's strength is his ability to keep moving in spite of difficulties. Life is not particularly a smooth ride, things get tough and rough along the way, but how we respond to these challenges and difficulties is more important and determines how far we will go on that journey. It was Wilcox who also said, "It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong." When life is free of troubles, anyone can be gentle, calm, polite, and happy, but the man that maintains these virtues in the face of difficulties is the man who deserves praise.
Difficulties are not terminal situations, they do not come to destroy us but to build us and make us stronger, we must find ways to sail through our difficulties and come out of them better than we went into them. As Thomas Paine would say, “The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection." Getting into trouble, facing challenges are not acts of crime, but it is dangerous to wallow in the ocean of self pity when faced with challenges, it only destroys your power.
We must be careful how we treat everyone who comes our way, we must not assume that everyone who wears a smile has everything going for them, we must realise that many are at their breaking point waiting only to be bent a bit more, we must not be instrumental to the denigration of someone whom we are not sure of what he is passing through as a person. Rather we must make our self a tool for growth, and development, we must inspire and encourage people to be at their best at every stage of their life journey even during the tough times.
Never allow situations get the better of you but take advantage of every challenge and use it as a stepping stone towards your desired greatness. In the words of Doe Zantamata who said, “It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.” It is in the darkest night that light shine brightest, so even in the dark moments, shine your light.
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