Do you best in any case even if you have a choice

In life we keep facing challenges and roadblocks but my belief is that these hardships and road blocks are meant to challenge you, not stop you. When we drive a car and a road is blocked, there is always a detour road, usually with a sign telling us which way to go. I believe this is true in our life as well, we just have to look for the sign. Failures are part of life, don’t allow them to impede your growth, but instead make you stronger. I

can tell you I have had times when I worked so hard with every skill I had and in the end, I failed. The first time this happened I was shocked because I was used to succeeding. What I now realize is that many times something better for me occurred after the failure and it did not require nearly as much effort on my part compared to the effort I had put into the initial failed venture. It was like a higher power was in control, for me I believe it was God.

Nowadays, I usually give myself maximum one day to sulk, then I wake up began my problem solving or alternative solution. For me this may include praying to God for guidance, thinking outside of the box or altering a plan. Your actions may seem crazy to others, but in the end, some very radical changes and choices made after a failure gained me ten times my expected amount, outcome or success of what I had planned during my initial attempt.

And when I was later asked by a friend how I had come up with a solution to a business problem, I responded, desperation and brokenness breeds brevity and creativity. Strangely, I think it took a certain level of failure to make me dig deep into my creativity. I hope this helps. I wanted to give you encouragement that could be applied to almost any problem, opposed to giving you the specific details of my failure.

Basically the word”Failure” is widely misunderstood. They should change that word from failure to “ stepping stones” towards success. This is what failures are for to learn from our mistakes and change that outcome using the experience. However, rather than capturing the experience -lessons of the past, we are focused on “failure”. All those scientist didn’t invent without numerous failures . However, each time they failed they used that knowledge to their advantage of striking that method out-process of elimination.

And having said that, we try very hard and also give up very fast. What I learnt that we must give it all to the goal in mind and then retract , trust the universe will provide all that is needed. With that mindset, having faith enables our goals to manifest. Being poised that it will happen eventually, even if this doesn’t happen, life is taking us to better places ? The universe satisfies our highest need than what we desire.

When you really want to challenge yourself, go and set a new goal and try again. You pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and try again; if that’s possible. It isn’t always the the destination that matters; the journey has meaning also. Like W. Clement Stone used to say "when faced with diversity or a problem he’d repeat to himself, "That’s good, that’s good and then find something good in it." You’d be surprised at how powerful that advice can be.

Find something and I’m sure it is there to be positive you learned through the experience. We can’t really enjoy success until we’ve experienced failure. If it weren’t for bad days, how would you know you are having a good day? Sometimes the things we really want and really work hard for do not come into fruition at the time that we want and sometimes never at all. The delay could be due to incorrect timing and the absence of what you want means that something better will come to fruition at the right time.

Here you may attempt to get your results again and feel very determined to achieve what you want and you may achieve it. It takes determination to find patience and faith during your waiting process. You will have to find a balance of your efforts and God’s will. If you pray and trust God, then you know he wants the best for you and if you are not in a total position to receive what you are asking for, then the blessing will become a lesson. Anytime there is a gap between what you want and attaining it; or where you are and where you want to be, means you are being processed for your spiritual purpose. The strengths you develop in achieving your goals will be invaluable in your life process. Cheers!