Greetings!
This life is full of ups and downs and one thing about this life is that, there will always be a time for everyone to witness their own time of trials and when this time comes, one would need to choose between facing it squarely or back off.
Having said this, the trial of life is one thing that we human cannot do without and I personally believe that no matter our statuses in the society, one thing that's sure is that, everyone of us either rich or poor would have our own dark moment as there's no how plain the sky is, there would always be a dark spot.
So, back to the topic of the prompt which has to do with how I respond to trials when it comes or happens to me.
As for me, when faced with life trials or challenges. My responses are always in two ways. The first is to face it squarely and secondly is to quit when it matters most.
So, when faced with the challenges of life, the first thing I do is to face it squarely without backing off. I have done this to settle and solve so many problems in life. I could remember when I was faced with gaining admission into the university of my choice, back then, I was faced with gaining admission into the university to study my choice of course.
Although, I was given another course which was biochemistry to study, but because of my love to study medicine and surgery, I turned down the offer even when people around me saw it as an opportunity for me to enter into the university and study just a course which I have no interest in.
Though, I was also advised that I would be able to change the course after admission but i chose to face the trial squarely by not accepting the admission so, I waited for another year to write another exam without minding the time and even my age and at the end, instead of backing off and go for what I was not interested in, I made sure I got what I wanted, though not on a platter of gold, but with determination and passion I got it and I'm not proud of being who I am today.
So, with strong determination and passion, I have always overcome the trials and challenges of life.
However, another way which I have always used is to back off when I realized that the fight is not worth it. Though, there's a saying that says, winners never quit and quitters never win.
Hmmm, this saying has always been my favorite quote, but even at that, not all battles are meant to be fought, there's some that one needed to back off from so as to live to fight another day. So, for this reason, when faced with the challenges of life, I back off so as to save my life for another day but not every time.
Some time ago, I started a business which I know nothing about and in the process of doing the business, I realized that instead of making profit, I was running at loss and this did not really make me happy. I tried my best in saving the business from collapsing but all was to no avail.
So, when i realized that if i should continue with this business, nothing would be left for me again, i decided to call it quits without minding what people would say. Though, it's a tough decision to make, but I made it just for me to do greater things in life some other day and here I am now doing fine with what I know how to do best, which is writing and posting on the Hive Blockchain and in investment.
In conclusion, these two ways are the best way and method I have always employed in tackling the trials and challenges of life and they've always worked wonders for me.
This is my entry to the hivereachout weekly prompt.
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