Challenge Your Problems
Life teaches us in peculiar ways. It knocks us down. It makes us struggle to get back up. Blessings often appear as misfortunes and trials. When we challenge problems with solution-focused thought, needs are filled. We improve the lives of others and ourselves. Challenging a problem begins with embracing it rather than resisting it. Accepting the truth about what is so places us in a position to learn and move forward. Of course we will not have positive, accepting feelings each time life knocks us down. Yet we need not allow feelings of frustration to define our outcomes. We can examine our thoughts and choose constructive reactions, responding consciously. Our faith and determination can be stronger than any misfortune. Within each storm of life is hidden a key that will unlock another door that you were meant to walk through. What has been the greatest challenge that you have conquered? What thoughts strengthened you to rise above this challenge? What blessings did you receive? Challenge each problem you face with purposeful thought and determined action. Resolve that every situation you encounter will make you better, stronger, wiser, more skillful, and more loving. By challenging problems with faith and conviction, you will create experiences of joy and lasting treasure. © Copyright by Steve Brunkhorst. All rights reserved. Reprinted from Achieve! 60-Second Nuggets of Inspiration bringing great stories, motivational nuggets, and inspiring thoughts to help you achieve your top potential. Get the next issue by visiting http://www.AchieveEzine.com
Related News
Ty Pennington is inspirational - Akron Beacon Journal
Ty Pennington is inspirationalAkron Beacon Journal, OH -13 hours agoTy Pennington titled his new book Good Design Can Change Your Life. And he should know. For five years, Pennington has been host of Extreme Makeover: Home ... |
Palin is inspirational leader - Times-Journal
Palin is inspirational leaderTimes-Journal, AL -20 hours agoBy Kelly Townsend Arizona Sen. John McCain announced the governor of Alaska would be his running mate on the Republican ticket, and it left many searching ... |
Megapundit: No inspirational leaders, please. We’re Canadian. - Macleans.ca
Gill Astarita – ‘dynamic, inspirational, passionate’ - Professional Fundraising
Mother, daughter unite to organize inspirational conferences - Arizona Republic
Author and Retired California Educator Calls Artists to Illustrate ... - PR Web (press release)
An Inspirational Success - Long Beach Post Sports
An Inspirational SuccessLong Beach Post Sports, CA -2 hours agoIn May, the class of 2007 graduated and this inspirational moment calls for days full of celebrations which is exactly what many of my peers did these past ... |
Pan Pacific HIV conference 'eye-opening and inspirational' - Gay NZ
What's your favorite inspirational story in baseball (or sports)? - Baltimore Sun
Proactive, aggressive and inspirational - Hindu
|
|
 |
|
|
RELATED ARTICLES
A Key In Hand Is Worth A Thousand On My Desk
A key fault I have, and I can only talk about one fault at a time, is the tendency to get busy. I often find myself chasing my own tail. What I will do with it when I catch it is beyond my understanding. However, this notwithstanding, I fall into the trap time after time of getting too busy for my own good.
Unintended Consequences
Direct Answers - Column for the week of May 26, 2003
Labor That Works Miracles
(excerpted from The Challenge to Succeed series)
Unconditional Love is Absolute Freedom to Screw Up Your Life
In my lifetime, I have never witnessed enduring unconditional love from another human being. I do not believe it is physically possible. I think that once we have reached that position of being able to give it, we have already passed over to join with the one that is unconditional love. I believe that this state is only experienced spiritually.
Relax. Its Just Your Life
What am I supposed to do with my life? Shouldn't I be doing something...well...more?
Top 15 Inspirational Quotations
Get inspired and lift your spirits with these positive quotations that will surely stimulate your soul and perhaps motivate your mind...
I Am Unique
We have given a lot of thought, paid an indecent amount of money and taken much action over the years to change the way we are. To become 'better' human beings. To make the most of this life we have. To get rid of the behaviours that are counterproductive. The behaviours that cause harm to us and others.
Accept Every Invitation
How often do you decline an invitation because you have something else you would rather do? Or you're not crazy about the person asking you to join? Or you're not interested in that type of event? Or you feel like doing nothing? ...
Have You Lost Focus?
Matthew 5:14-16
Who are you?
I have a question for you.
Motivation and Inspiration: Illusions 101
Q: I was wondering if you could recommend any books on motivation and change that are fun to read and that aren't all rah rah, if you know what I mean. Could there even be such a thing as a book that's like a novel or short story that's about motivation?
Your World Your Way - Trusting Yourself In Business
"It doesn't interest me who you are, or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back."
Get Your Guidance and Get to Know Your True Self
Many people feel they have everything they need in life, yet happiness remains elusive. What is the key, the missing element when everything seems satisfactory externally? The answer: look within.
Look To Trees To Help You Keep Balanced And Focused While Achieving Your Dreams
Do you remember looking up through the branches of a beautiful, leafy tree, on a warm sunny day? How the sunlight filtering through the lush greeness, seemed to take on an almost magical quality?
The River of Life
I've always loved the awesome majesty of mountains. They are, however, the byproduct of the rivers that formed them: flowing, adjusting, carving, crashing and gently nurturing the land and animals along the way. The river carves its way through, and the mountains answer as towers of strength. Like the river, our lives are forever moving and changing, shaping us as the water shapes the land it flows through.
The Minds Fancy Dress Party -Or- A Brainstorming Session
In Berlin a restaurant opens for anorexics and in Buffalo a lawyer with a stutter wins a court case. When everything you're working on has gone STALE and your own initially promising concepts are starting to annoy you, you need a brainstorming session to get to the missing bits or generate some new ideas.
The Meaning of Life - Not Just Another Dust in the Wind Theory
I grew up in the south in the 1960's. Married when I was 18 and joined the Army when I was 23. I traveled to Germany then back to the states where I lived in Connecticut for a while and then Tennessee for 10 years. I am now living in Maine.
Leading a World Class Life
Every four years the world is given the gift of the Olympics. For a few weeks nations lay down their arms and come together to let their world class athletes compete on a level playing field to see who the best is in the many events. Such amazing athleticism was on display the past few weeks. It boggles the mind what these young men and women can accomplish with their bodies. Great feats of skill and determination bring them to the pinnacle of athletic achievement. Incredible.
Playing With Fire
Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 21, 2002
Giving Importance
I call myself semi-retired. I work at a job that takes up 5 hours of my day, 5 days a week. I go home and I lock myself in my office and I work on the computer for 5-6 hours a day. I try and break up my routine by doing household chores in between times when I become brain dead. On the weekend I go out for breakfast and cruise the mall, check out some book stores and go shopping.
|
