You look around, and all that's being complained about, amongst the list of other items is how difficult and unbearable life is. Toiling hard and daily, passing through one pain or another, life seems like a battlefield. Just that in this case, we're all fighting towards and against a common enemy. In the midst of all these, the perfect appeal to give up seems to ring more and more.
Being faced with one battle or the other in my little sojourn in life, it doesn't get easy to keep going. Times I had to pull myself through academic difficulties, through one ridiculous moment or the other in life, through nearly failed moments, and through times of weakness even. Not all were a success, but the determination to hold steadfast and the help of God were instrumental.
Here's me saying a word of encouragement to you, even as I hope that my mind also catches a grip of these words too;
To all and sundry, my fellow Hivians;
Life isn't a bed of roses. Perhaps it's a bird of thistles, thorns and briers, but then we've survived thus far. This speaks of our resilience as humans, the unbrokenness of the spirit within us. Undoubtedly, the times we're in are hard. I guess that suggests that we become harder, and grow thicker skins than that of the crocodile to resist life's difficulties and painful experiences.
It could seem as though life was settling a personal vendetta. Like, there were some sort of unresolved issues from the past and you're now paying for it. Thought so, perhaps? Such could be the case when the problem being battled within begins to become highly overwhelming. But it's okay, because you've managed to pull through every day; maybe sometimes barely.
They say that “what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.” And yeah, look who's still alive. So, I think that everything that has happened has been lessons and preparations for the greater future, because the future carries a lot, I tell you. Perhaps then, this is life's way of training us; through endurance and the challenges we face for the future that awaits us.
If you give up today, if you stop at this point, how then can you find out that beautiful future? I know it's been a constant struggle, but it will be good and helpful to look back and see how far you've come to now give up. Well, it's said that “winners never quit, and quitters never win.” The greatness, the results, the achievements you desire want you too, just maybe not this version yet, but a more reformed, refined and grown version. That's what life's working.
Yes, it looks hard, and maybe impossible to pull through or survive this, but the problem is that you might be undermining yourself. Maybe look into the mirror, and see the fearfully and wonderfully made creature that you are, endowed with strength and valour. As you do that, do realise also that the one who made you never did that so you could be a failure, but for a glorious purpose and a future prepared specially for you.
As I bring these words of encouragement and motivation, I try to draw from them as well. The journey to the intended destination, and the continuous effort for success are never easy. In a world like this where things are difficult, and dreams are crushed, you don't have to give up. Don't let yours also go down the drain. It won't be a memory to look back on. Rather, look ahead, at the beautiful future in hope, and know that “the light is at the end of the tunnel.”
Images are mine.