Sometimes, I am simply amazed at all the fantastic feats the human body and mind is capable of. It is the driving force that keeps me going even through my toughest challenges in life. I refuse to accept quit, failure, or defeat because I constantly bombard myself with the stories and images of those who have conquered and overcame things of which I could not even possibly fathom. Sometimes, I feel overwhelmed by the heaping pile of obligations mounting on my plate, but I know I don’t have to look far to come across some inspiration and motivation. We are often times a product of our environments, and it is up to us to ensure our surroundings are full of things and people that will nurture us and help facilitate our growth.
I am currently undertaking one of my greatest challenges in life. I’d be lying if I said I was always full of confidence without the slightest shred of unwavering doubt, but I refuse to put on a false pretense of my persona. I’m irrevocably honest in all of my endeavors and I know in my heart of hearts that I will succeed, despite the suffering and hardships along this journey. Thank goodness I have such a cathartic release in this blog to help me vent out my frustrations and emotional valleys, peaks, and plateaus as I continue upwards and onwards.
I’ve been reading up a lot on humans who had every single thing standing in their way and were still able too overcome and defy the odds. I have always been fascinated with stories of survival and have been in absolute awe of the admiration I have for those who had every opportunity to falter and quit and yet persevered anyway. You hear those stories of hikers who plummeted hundreds of feet off of a cliff, broke multiple bones in their body, covered in lacerations, near starvation and almost dying of thirst, bodies rampant with infection and pain, and have still been able to drag their battered body through miles of dirt and debris in order to survive. What’s a little challenge when it comes to fighting after you hear a story like that? After all, I’m fighting for monetary gain and reverence and not survival.
Life can be such an incredible journey if we truly put in the work and the effort to get the most out of it that we possibly can. Sure, there are days when the pain and the hurt seems almost unbearable and like it would be better to give up now and no longer continue. But then I think of those incredible and awe-inspiring humans. The ones who have conquered adversities from surviving plane crashes in the mountains, to the single mom who went from homeless to CEO, to the man lost at sea for weeks surviving by sheer will power and ingenuity. That perseverance alone shows how humans (including ourselves) are capable of so much more than we give credit for.
Life can be tough, but my darling, so are you. When life is giving you a thousand reasons to relinquish your pain, you give it a dozen more to thrive and survive. Ignore the voice in your head telling you how easy it would be to give up, and spit in the face of the hardships threatening to keep you down. Quitters never prosper and won’t ever see the success that can come to fruition if they just continue to push forward. No one out there is saying will be easy, but it will be so much more appreciated for the effort it took to reach. Easy come, easy go, but hard work is what makes it last. Enjoy the journey and reap its beautiful rewards.