Arjun Singh Rathore
A diamond is a chunk of coal that always did well under pressure. In life we think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem. The real truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together for a time, and then they fall apart. Then they come together and fall apart again. It’s just like that. Personal discovery and growth come from letting there be room for all this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy. Suffering comes from wishing things were different. Misery is self-inflicted, when we are expecting the “Idea” to overcome the “Actual” or needing things for people, or places to be different for us so we can then be happy. Let the hard things in life break you. Let them change you. Let those hard moments inform you. Let this pain be your teacher. The experiences of your life are trying to tell you something about yourself. Don’t cop out on that. Don’t run away and hide under your covers. Lean into it. What is the lesson in the wind? What is the storm trying to tell you? What you learn if you face it with courage? With full honesty and – lean into it.
Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just…Start.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. When life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming. But just remember, even your worst days only have twenty-four hours. Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny…..
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong. Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. You’ll have moments when you feel like a lion, and moments when you feel like a mouse. Just know that no matter how you feel, you still have a heartbeat and a soul worthy of love, so learn to roar even when you feel small, because you are more than the feelings you may have. Be strong now because things will be better. It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever. Life has a way of kicking us when we’re down. And just when we think we can’t fall any lower, we get kicked again.
But it’s important to remember that setbacks, failures, and tragedies – however painful they may be – are a part of life. Whether we manage to find joy and success in the daily struggle of life is largely dependent on our ability to persevere through even the toughest adversity without ever giving up. If you’re going through a rough time, finding something to give you a little lift can help you remember that life isn’t always bad. These seemingly endless stretches of fear, disappointment, pain, and heartache are just brief, insignificant moments of time that will soon pass.
These phrases are ways to tell someone to keep trying:
Hang in there, Don’t give up, Keep pushing, Keep fighting, Stay strong, Never give up, Never say ‘die’, Come on! You can do it!.
Difficult but not so Difficult; Difficult but Attainable; Difficult but not Impossible; Difficult but Achievable; Difficult but not Impractical; Difficult but Concurable; Difficult but not Unfeasible; Difficult but Conceivable; Difficult but not Unpractical; All things are Difficult before they become Easy, Have Patience and Confidence in Leadership, It can be Difficult but not so Difficult.
*The inspiration of the article is driven from Mr. R.K.Chibber Chairman & MD JK Bank when he started his first address to All India JK Bank Officers’ Federation by saying the prevailing situation is “DIFFICULT BUT NOT SO DIFFICULT”
(The Author is Branch Head in J&K Bank
BU Patel Nagar Jammu)
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