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Fire Is The Test Of Gold
Through our experiences we learn great lessons. Overcoming difficulties is what develops strength and
character. You might ask, “Strength, to do what?” The answer is, “To overcome more difficulties”. You can
reach a point where difficulties are easier to overcome, and not as daunting.
Your attitude towards them is such that you view them as another experience, or lesson, that you have to work
through. It is of little value to yourself or anybody else to complain, whine, or moan, as eighty percent of people
could not care less and the other twenty percent are actually glad. You simply have to work through them. It is
the process that is important. Maxers come to know that sometimes it is the journey that is more important
than the destination. So enjoy the journey.
Gold is passed through fire while being refined and so are you. This process yields a number of benefits.
In experiencing trials and tribulations you are exposed to life from a different perspective. You experience
another way of looking at things. If you have been financially comfortable all of your life and things turn around
to where you become ‘poor’ or ‘lose it all’, then it allows you to see life from the angle of people living their life
in poor circumstances.
You identify with others who have had similar experiences. In other words there is a connection made.
Something happens between people who have experienced difficult things.
Through this process we develop compassion for others. No longer are we cynical, judgmental, and critical
of others. We are now compassionate, as we have travelled the same way, having walked in their moccasins.
Now we are in a better position to help others.
Through our difficulties our experiences are greatly increased. Our repertoire, if you like, has been expanded.
Figuratively speaking, we can now play more tunes, speak more languages, paint more pictures and do more
things.
It is during these gut-wrenching experiences that you are taken to new frontiers. You walk to the edge of the
darkness, and then walk into it. You hit the wall and go beyond the pain-barrier.
You are humbled during the process. When you endure difficulties you are brought down to a level equal with
others. You leave, or are thrown out of your ivory tower, hitting the pavement, you now see who else is there.
Those things we have called our weaknesses, once overcome, now become our strengths. Weakness is the
birthplace of strength.
Experiencing trials and tribulations gives us a greater appreciation for life. It brings reality to our doorstep. All
of a sudden we appreciate the simple things in life: the air we breathe, the flowers we smell, the water we
drink, and the clouds in the sky. We unclutter our lives.
Through our extreme difficulties we become acquainted with God, each in our own way.
Adversity Overcomes Procrastination
Have you ever procrastinated about making an important decision? We all have at some point in our lives. We
keep putting it off, sometimes for years.
Making decisions can be a difficult task. We may not be sure of the outcome or the consequences of the
decisions, therefore there is an element of fear involved. We suffer what might be called temporary insanity.
Our mind is in turmoil as we swing back and forward. One moment we will, the next moment we will not. This
may go on for days, weeks, months, or even years. What adversity does is quicken the process. Adversity
causes us to make decisions.
It may be likened to standing at a door of an aircraft with a parachute on. This is your first jump. You are
scared, the palms of your hands are clammy, and beads of sweat are forming on your forehead. You think,
“What if the parachute does not open?” Your jumpmaster is encouraging you to jump. You exclaim, “I just
cannot do it.”
At that moment the aircraft engine begins to run rough, something is wrong, it splutters and, with a violent
surge, it stops. Only the wind can now be heard rushing past the open door. It is going down. The thought of
the impending crash and your death, acts as the catalyst for you to jump.
There is no time to think or procrastinate. You jump. You watch the aircraft plummet to the ground. It gets there
before you do and explodes on impact. You are horrified and saddened for those people who went down with
the plane. You cannot help but think how thankful you are that you made the decision to jump. Adversity acted
as a catalyst. It forced you into making a decision. It provided a sense of urgency that motivated you into taking
action.
Do we enjoy learning lessons through trials and tribulations? No, not unless we are masochists. Being
exposed to new experiences is not easy. If we learn the lesson the first time, will the teachers have to come
again? No, not in that lesson we have learned. We move on to the next level of our development. We can be
sure we will continue to learn new lessons. Once we stop learning lessons then life is over. Or is it?
Freedom To Choose
The greatest gift you have been given is the freedom to make choices. Use this gift to its maximum. Do not let
it sit on the shelf and rust, or gather dust and become a museum piece. Do not give anyone your Power of
Attorney to make decisions and choices about your life.
Freedom is the stuff life is made of. Sometimes you will make mistakes. Well, that is all right. Anybody who
ever achieves anything in life will make mistakes. Say to yourself, “It is all right to make mistakes”. When you
have made a mistake be objective about it. Good people make mistakes and bad people make mistakes. In
this regard we are all the same. Remember if you fall over and get up quickly, it is as if you had never fallen
over.
This is a part of the process that is used to develop you into the wonderful person that your destiny requires.
When you make a mistake do not linger too long or continue to revisit the birthplace of the mistake. Yes, there
may be some value in analysing what went wrong, and what steps should be taken in order not to do the
same thing again.
For these purposes only it is okay to visit your past but remember, do not live there. There is nothing you can
do to take it back. You must first of all accept that no amount of crying, no amount of punishing yourself with
guilt, will change anything.
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The above text is extracted from the book
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7 Ways to Live Life to the Max
by Dennis A. Curyer, M.A.
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Once upon a time, there was a fisherman who never put a lid on his basket of lobsters. When asked was he
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for freedom all of the others drag him back in”.
Do you have lobsters in your life?
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You were not created to fail. You were created to win, to live a meaningful life, and to fulfil the measure of your
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