Turning Pain to Growth

On the struggle for meaning and purpose, many hurdles have to be overcome.

No matter what stage of life we are in, Life is always going to throw something which is going to inconvenience and challenge our inner peace. I spent so many years listening to motivational videos my younger days to try and change the way my brain worked. I used to hear the words, but couldn't understand the sacrifice necessary to actually break through my own head for a very long time. These days after having experienced a long period of joy and happiness, I find myself in a relatively dark place trying to process a major loss within my life.

The need for motivational videos has come back. And there is one which truly stands out.

Some quotes are really necessary for me to remember.

I have learnt them be true from my experiences, as it was through the hardest moments in my life that I started to grow. The pain made me question the way I looked at the world. The pain made me question why.

The pain eventually motivated me to set out to discover "What is the Point?" to all of this. Too much time and energy was wasted on focusing on the pain and asking "why does this keep happening to me".

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So today's blog is just sharing some of those quotes which resonate within me.

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"and the problem with some of you is that you want somebody else to support your dream. It's YOURS..... Its your dream..... If you want it to happen get off your butt and make it happen"

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"To work day and night for it. To give up your time, you peace and your sleep for it. If all that you dream and scheme is about it. And life seems useless and worthless without it. And if you gladly sweat for it and fret for it and plan for it and loose all your terror of the opposition for it. And if you simply go after this thing that you want with all of your capacity, strength and sagacity; faith, hope and confidence and stern for tenacity. If neither cold, poverty, famish..... sickness or pain of body and brain cant keep you away from that which you want"

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"now that's that thing called life. It's always changing. Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down. I can tell you that now. Be aware of that. Things are not going to work out exactly right. For a time they will sometimes. But thats when life is just playing a game with you."

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"I don't care how good you are, I don't care how talented you are. I don't care how much you work on yourself. There are sometimes when things are not going to go right. They are just not going to go right. There are times when anything that can happen, WILL happen. But during those down moments, thats where the growth takes place. Thats where the work is. See, anyone can feel good when they have their health, their bills are payed, they have happy relationships. Anybody can be positive then. Anybody can have a larger vision then. Anybody can have faith under those certain kinds of circumstances. See, but the real challenge of growth, Mentally, Emotionally and Spiritually comes when you get knocked down."

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"All of us have experienced some tragedy. And if we haven't, we will. And you can either let it destroy your life or you can build upon it. You can permit it to hold you down or you can decide I'm not going to let that happen to me. Im bigger than this. It's not going to be easy. When you want to change its not easy. If it were in fact easy everyone would do it. but if you're serious, you go all out"

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"Things are going to happen to you, and the most important thing to do is to harness your will and let it go. Move so you can grow. So you can get on with your life. It doesn't matter what happens to you. What matters is what are going to do about it"

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"I'm coming back, and ill be better and stronger for it"

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