Approaching Adversity

Approaching Adversity

Approaching Adversity

Copyright (c) 2010 Scott F ParadisMany believe - life is a struggle, life is suffering. Conflict characterizes existence in a finite world of limited resources and constrained opportunities. Life is a continuous competition to survive and a struggle to achieve. From this viewpoint it's as if we have been thrust onto a battlefield. We must fight to overcome obstacles and attempt to face adversity with grit and determination. The gravity of this conviction weighs heavily. Those holding this belief are resigned to accept, "This is just the way it is." But it is not the way it has to be.Those who have determined life is endless suffering have come to believe they are separate, cut off, alone in a bewildering, dangerous world. The only assets available to engage arrayed forces of evil are cunning and strength. They can run, but cannot hide. They must conserve their energy, apply their instincts, and hope to come out on top somehow, some way, some time. All in all, pretty dim prospects.In the state of mind described here, hardship and misfortune loom at every turn. Strength is needed to wage the good fight, to struggle against the odds, to withstand the onslaught. Lost, the only hope is to continue to renew daily the strength to persevere. But, there is another way.As a butterfly struggles to emerge from its cocoon, in the struggle the butterfly's wings grow strong enough to fly. So too must we face adversity it's the nature of this reality. How we approach the adversity makes all the difference in the quality of the experience.Life is not suffering - it's a challenge - it's a game. Adversity is the means to growth, the path to a new perspective, an enlightened reality. Every event or circumstance is an opportunity to develop, to grow, to become.Instead of building insurmountable obstacles in your mind, recognize you have a choice. Choose the challenge and find comfort in the struggle, joy in the attempt regardless of the outcome. Faith in the integrity and value of the effort is the difference between a life well lived and a dismal attempt to survive.As Teddy Roosevelt once eloquently expressed, "The credit goes to the one in the arena marred with sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who dares greatly, who risks all in seeking great triumphs, for even if he fails he is not to be counted among those who know neither victory nor defeat."No matter how great the obstacle, how threatening the adversary, how bewildering the circumstance, or how exhausting the challenge, an unlimited supply of strength and determination is close at hand. All strength physical, emotional, intellectual is from one source. And that source is not out there, it is within. Personal energy strength is renewed from that source. Your approach to adversity either inhibits or promotes access to the source. Your approach to adversity makes all the difference.

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