By Abdulaziz Al Jahdhami — Every day of our life brings new challenges. However, in one way or the other, we come to face some of those challenges. It’s not always that such challenges tend to be serious, but they are matters that require attention, time and effort.
What matters is the way we handle every challenge we face every single day.
We come across more than just one challenge in a day. Sometimes it’s our job, attitude, people or minds being the reasons behind us getting challenged. Our work environment, day-to-day attitude, feelings and personalities as well as those whom we work or live with are creating obstacles in our way. Likewise, all those factors might be provoking us to face challenges or displeasing experiences.
It happens like anything else in life as days are not always the same. Yet, it’s us who controls how we run the show every single day, regardless of what happens around us.
Being positive and looking at the brighter side of each experience is the best way of overcoming disappointment or unpleasant moments. Although it’s not easy to manage our reaction, attitudes and feelings, we always try our best to enjoy every moment of life.
What we need is a dose of patience that can relieve us of the tension, frustration and irrelevant disappointment. Unfortunately, whenever we get a sort of shock or unexpected displeasure or incident, we tend to get frustrated and our minds get focused on the negative side of that experience. I wonder why it happens even though we have not given ourselves a chance or sufficient time to investigate or even think of what has happened or what was the reason behind it.
This is not a general assumption of our reaction to every incident, but it’s a common observation. Perhaps some of us agree this is what first happens with some of us in similar circumstances.
Nevertheless, everyone has his /her own way of perceiving things and experiences around them, but we all get affected emotionally by what happens.
However, our responses differ depending on the experience we face, time, condition and environment we are in when facing a challenge.
We all should have the needed dose of patience whenever we face any challenge in our life. We should also be fair to ourselves by having enough time to fully understand what happens and what are the possible reasons behind it.
Then things will undoubtedly get clearer for us, so that we can think of the potential solutions. Seeking support from others could be another way of getting things out of our chest. Thus, we might need to get proper consultation and advice from trusted people.
More importantly, whenever we come across a challenge or a dilemma, we should have some hope and faith as always problems start big and then vanish.
Believing in hope is another relief that makes us calm and relaxed.
As Helen Keller, an American lecturer and creative author, said: “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
As life is very short, it shouldn’t be wasted in moments of sadness, misery and disappointment. We should live in the moment and try to enjoy life as much as possible.
Challenges should be turned into learning lessons and disabilities into abilities that bring new opportunities. Just focus on the positive side and believe that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
— aljahdhami22@gmail.com
Oman Observer is now on the WhatsApp channel. Click here
