Courage isn’t the absence of fear but the triumph over it. This means that sometimes in life we may have fears but we have to face those fears one way or another. That doesn’t mean those fears have to disappear, it just means that we have to be brave and overcome those fears and adapt to facing them every day. We will never win in life if we constantly have fear within ourselves. It’s completely OK to be afraid of something but it’s never OK to let those fears consume your mind or take over your life.
If you allow fear to take over your life then you’re just setting yourself up for failure and that’s not OK at all. That’s not a way to live your life, we have just one life and we can’t allow doubt or fear to take over that one chance we have. We have to take the bull by the horns meaning we have to take what life gives us and show life that we are capable of overcoming the negativity on our path that is put in place to test how tough we are or to test how strong our mindset is.
The moment we let fear, doubt or negativity consume our minds that’s the moment it will derail us from the purpose or destiny set for us. Sometimes things don’t go the way we picture them, but they go the way they’re supposed to go. That doesn’t mean that we can’t control what happens. There are times when life requires us to make decisions: it’s either the wrong decision or the right one and there is no in between. These decisions define the route that our minds think we should go in, but sometimes our minds can be wrong. Sometimes it’s just detours that take us down the wrong road to bring us back to the right road. Sometimes we can control the things that happen and sometimes we can’t. Sometimes we just have to let life reveal itself and then our minds automatically tell us how to respond. But it’s never OK to let life bring you down when it gets hard.
Yes, we fall, we hurt, we get thrown right off our paths and we get scared about what’s going to happen next, but those are the times when our minds need to be tougher than what life has thrown at us. Deep down inside of us we all have that little bit of extra that helps us to adapt and overcome life’s challenges, we just have to dig deep and find it so that we can take the negatives and turn them into to positives. When half of your mind is telling you that you can’t do it, the other half needs to be saying, “You know what? I can do this. I’m better than this. I’m stronger than this,” and that’s when you know that you are winning and you are going in the right direction.
Life is a gift given to us to cherish, to make the most of, to build a legacy to leave behind for the generations to come. Sometimes in life that aspect right there may be a lot tougher than we think. There are risks to be taken if you want to build yourself a better future. It doesn’t always go according to plan, there may be a few setbacks along the way, minor setbacks, but that just means that we have to be tougher than the obstacle set in front of us and make a major comeback. Giving up is never an option if you want to make your life one to be proud of, we have to be willing to take the hits, we have to be willing to fight for what we desire. Always have that motivation inside you that makes you want to keep getting back up every time you fall. We have to make the most of what we have in life and show everyone that it doesn’t matter how much you have in life, what matters is what you can do with the little that you have.
I once read this quote: God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called. This quote made so much of sense to me because it tells you that you don’t have to have the brain to build a future, you just need to be willing to fight hard for what you want, because God will never leave a will-powered person behind, He will shape them and turn their life into the best life that everyone deserves. Don’t ever feel discouraged or disheartened when things aren’t going your way, just keep in mind that everything in your life happens for a reason. Just keep in mind that there is always a plan and a purpose for your life and it has already been set into motion. We all sometimes feel like giving up because we feel like we aren’t good enough or someone told us that we can’t do it or they said something that put us off, but remember these are our lives, we need to have the positive thoughts that tell us that we should never let a temporary situation define what the future holds. The future holds great things for us we just have to stick to positivity and keep fighting through life and always shine brighter every day.
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