Face the Challenge
In many cases this is the most important step, the most obvious step, yet it is also the most often missed. People spend time looking for a way around the issue, or wallowing in despair at the enormity of the challenge, instead of facing it. Even mundane things, like a pileup of laundry or work, get ignored. Putting a challenge off doesn’t make it go away. This is true of big challenges, as well as the small ones. The most important thing i can do is face what’s in front of me head on.
I do not underestimate the power of being present. If i make a practice of facing my challenges—even in failure—with full presence and awareness, i will find most challenges are not challenges at all. Instead life’s challenges become messages from the universe. Meditation can help me cultivate silent awareness and is a good tool to help bring that focus to myself during difficult times.
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