CHALLENGES AND DEFEATS
Challenges and defeats are two sides of the same coin. Challenges are an inevitable part of life, and defeats are optional. Challenges provide us with opportunities to learn, grow and succeed. However, they can also be discouraging and disheartening. It is our response to these challenges that can either result to victory and success or defeats and failure. We can not run away from challenges, they will always come, but we can turn those challenges to growth opportunities, or graves to bury the potentials inherent in us.
Challenges drive us to stretch beyond our limits and discover what we are truly capable of, it reveals to us the great potentials we possess, and open our eyes to the possibilities that lie ahead. They are essential for personal growth and development. When we face a challenge, we are forced to think creatively, adapt accordingly, and find sustainable solutions with longlasting effect. We learn to persevere and develop resilience, and continue to move progressively through the storms.
Challenges can result in defeat if we allow and accept it. It is important to understand that defeat is not failure if we do not quit. We may not have succeeded in overcoming a particular challenge, but we still have the opportunity to learn from the experience. Defeat are only sealed when we accept to not try again after a failed attempt. Defeats can be disheartening, but it is important to pick ourselves up, learn from our mistakes and try again.
It is essential to have the right mindset when it comes to challenges and defeats. We must embrace them as opportunities for growth and view them as learning experiences. Our response to challenges will determine if they are ascertained defeats or stepping stones which can either hold us back, or propel us forward. With the right attitude, we can transform setbacks into success, we can go through challenges but never be defeated, we can fail and yet come out victorious.
Kamikun John, Author 366 days of wisdom.
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