Becoming is better than being

When things are hard or go the total opposite way then you want or think they should it’s always harder to see the light at the end of the tunnel, to be able to have hope in those moments seems near impossible, darkness seems to consume every part of you, as if you’re suffocating in that darkness. All you need is to breathe, but you can’t seem to catch your breath. You wonder when it will all end, when will you be free? Is this What life is all about? If so I’m done. Right? Thoughts like this consume and overpower, they lead to more and more bad experiences and less and less hope for anything beyond this moment. What if I were to tell you that there is light at the end of the tunnel, there is hope for sunshine after the rain, there is something far more lasting than these moments right now. What if I told you that I know how it feels and that I have been there and have found the light and have seen hope beyond the grueling hard trenches, feeling stuck because it’s all too hard to deal with. I have had to work so hard for so many things in my life, I keep learning and striving to do better and to be better, I always just figured I wasn’t as smart or as skinny or as successful as others because I wasn’t blessed with it naturally. Thank goodness I did have to learn these things and that it wasn’t just natural because it means I know how to work to get what I want, it means I don’t sit around expecting things to be a certain way because I deserve it, but rather I get to glory in the lessons and efforts put in. Growth is constantly taking place in my mind and my life. I just heard some incredible quotes from Carol Dweck from her book mindset, “no matter what your ability is effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.” “Why waste time proving over and over how great you are when you could can keep on improving” “why hide deficiencies rather than overcome them” “the passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it even or especially when it’s not going well is the hallmark of a growth mindset this is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times.” Going through difficulties and working hard to get through them prove that we are capable of overcoming. If something is hard for me it just means I get to work to figure out the solution, to work harder and show resilience, if things always come easy to us we tend to just stay where we are without real growth taking place. “Becoming is better than being” What effort am I willing to put in to get the results I want? Giving up is the only form of failure I have found to be true, working hard and not succeeding means I’m learning and growing not failing. I can take all of my lessons from not succeeding and apply them everyday to finally succeed in the area I want, people may think certain things come natural to me, but I know how hard I have worked to become who I am today and to be able to keep being resilient, I am like a determined weed, I can grow even through the cement and places that seem impossible to grow through, but I know it’s not about me, i don’t do it by myself, I trust in my higher power, i get to praise the one being who has all power to help anyone willing to come to him with faith and desire to change and be better, he is the only source of true success in this life and in Eternity. Though life seems hard in the moment it can always be made easier with help from someone who has power to strengthen and to even take away pain, sorrows and grief. He is my true source of light that can never be overpowered by darkness, I turn to him for everything, I love to call him my friend, My Lord is that higher power I get to connect to, if you long for something that seems impossible and you just try to connect to your higher power whatever and whoever that is then you will learn a strength you never knew. When I connect to my higher power I can do anything. Take a few minutes a day to calm your mind and spirit and disconnect a little from the world and craziness around you and you will feel a sense of peace you, it will help empower you to who you are now and who you are meant to be. Connect on a higher level so you can act on a higher level of becoming. It is possible.