Chapter 1

Be Strong in Every Challenge of Life.

"Your character is formed by the challenges you face and overcome."

– Nick Vujicic

Chapter 1: Be Strong in Every Challenge of Life.

There are times when the situation are so difficult and the problems are almost the same over and over again, that you think you can't go on and will just stop somewhere. Don't do that. Continue everything that you have started and if you stumble in the way you are walking, get up and continue. When you get tired, take a break and resume what you started.

Back to the year March 2021, when the pandemic began. This is the most painful blow in the whole world. Many people are affected by this and many have sacrificed their lives just for the benefit of the many. And the country's economy almost collapsed. Many teachers have lost their jobs, especially in private schools. Many students stop their studies. This is a major problem facing the whole world.

This is one of the things that people who have experienced such an event will never forget. And often there are many who starve and don't have enough to eat and sometimes even drink. Many people gave their lives just to save their fellow citizens. Many Jeepney drivers lost their income, due to less number of passengers and increase in the price of gasoline. They don't have enough money to spend on the streets and there aren't many people going out of town because of the pandemic.

Many citizens left the country to look for work to earn a living. Many buildings closed due to the pandemic. Many students drop out of school in exchange for low-income jobs, just to help and support their parents' needs at home. Many doctors and nurses have died to save the lives of others in exchange for their lives. Millions of people have lost their lives to the disease brought by the COVID 19. Many people failed in the great challenges of life.

But to others, they didn't stop instead they continued to walk and face every challenge of life every day.

"There's nothing wrong with trying. The important thing is that you don't stop."

~ Jholios E. Fatal

Even I, during times that the pandemic started, has been a very difficult role to play and face for me. But I just keep going and didn't stop.

While I was studying Grade 12 Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) despite the ordeal I was going through, I knew how to make money. I managed to wake up early every morning and sold Pandesal in our village. And after the selling of pandesal, I will go straight to forage for our pet goats. Before going to attend my online class, I have little income. Plus, when I attended class I went to the mountain for a proper connection and to enter the class.

Because of this, since the pandemic started, Online Classes where I can manage my time have been popular. And there I learned a lot, especially in using the online platform.

And as time went on I learned things that I didn't know much about before. And These I value.

Just like selling bread every day. I think Life is fleeting. Because we still have things to know and understand. As time goes on I learn to be

In what the old man said at first, "Life is like a wheel, sometimes it's up and sometimes it's down."

But somehow it makes sense... Usually when I sell Bread in the early morning, I think of just stopping studying and selling Bread.

But Reality says that, if I stop studying only because of money. It is better to continue studying and graduate. Because the bread that is sold is used up and lost. But The education, will remain stamped on you while you do good things especially to other people.

This is a lesson that we better choose to continue. The things that have more than you know will bring you comfort and give a good feeling to yourself, your family and the people who fully trust in your abilities.

Because if you base it on money. Money is hard to earn,But it runs out quickly. Let's learn to be a good practical in Life and not stop at all the challenges of Life. Be strong in every trial and here in this incident you will learn a good lesson and example for you.

Everyone has their destiny, whether it's work or love. Just don't give up brother in all the trials you face.

Because God gave them so that people can learn to be strong and have broad faith in God. "God has promised, but He will never fail you." As long as you entrust him with your whole life and your personality.

And be brave to face every challenge of life that is set for you.

To those who lose hope and are constantly discouraged – do not lose hope and discouragement, bring all your weaknesses to God. He did not give us trials in life to torture us. Rather, He gave it so that it could serve as a lesson for us. This is a lesson from which we can learn to be brave, strong with full faith in God. Not only in time do we need something, but that's when we get close to God.

Brother and Sister, always remember, we do all our duties as a servant of the Lord. "A true believer fulfills his duty and has a clean heart and faith in the Lord." However, even a person in love. The person who loves with his heart, loves with Love and concern for himself. Because the person who loves his friend faithfully also loves the Lord faithfully.

How can you love the Lord if you don't know how to love your neighbor?

Necessarily, a person who knows how to love is patient and willing to forgive.

How can you love the Lord, if you cannot forgive your enemy?

Brother and Sister, If you love someone, start now. Maybe this is the time for you to make them feel your love.

So don't be discouraged and lose hope, because the equivalent is love. If you can't solve the problems, You can't love truly either. Because a person with true love knows how to face trials. Because of this, your love is measured in just the test.

Courage, more than faith- Although many trials and problems come in our lives, this is where we are tested. The Lord tests us with the trials we face to see how strong our faith is.

An example of this is that of Peter, God measured how much and what kind of faith he had. Like walking on water. After his faith in the Lord weakened he completely sank.

That's how we are, every time we have difficulty and lose hope, we sink into the fear of facing the test. This is an example of how important faith is in our lives.

Things to do to not be discouraged and overcome by temptation:

Pray- it is our weapon and defense whenever we are tempted. Pray for our weaknesses and pray for our spiritual lives.

It belongs to our Life. Prayer is a way to Communicate with God. So we need it every day. Because prayer is food for our spirits.

Read God's Word –

Reading God will shape our personality. Always reading and meditating on God's word is always guided and guided by God in all his good purposes.

Read Joshua 1:8, "Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful."

Because the bible is our guide book in our lives. This book gives hope to all who serve God and disciples of God. Because the contents of the bible are mysterious words from the Lord.

Life is full of challenges. Some people seem to meet every challenge with confidence, while others struggle to overcome them. Pittas especially get a sense of satisfaction from facing challenges head on—it brings a sense of accomplishment and can be very fulfilling. On some level, you actually seek challenges. Your highest self wants you to learn and grow, and life's most effective tool toward growth is experience.

The problem is that all too often you might find yourself faced with the same challenges over and over again, and that's when you start to lose motivation to face the issue and lose sight of the potential lesson. At that point, challenges can become problems that can spiral you into despair and frustration.

As a co-creator of your own reality, you have the ability to overcome these challenges. It is with this sense of responsibility and awareness that you can begin your journey into a higher state of consciousness where challenges are no longer challenges, but opportunities to get a glimpse of your highest self.

Here are some ways to better accept and meet your personal challenges, whatever they may be.

Face the Challenge

In many cases this is the most important step, the most obvious step, yet it is also the most often missed. People spend time looking for a way around the issue, or wallowing in despair at the enormity of the challenge, instead of facing it. Even mundane things, like a pileup of laundry or work, get ignored. Putting a challenge off doesn't make it go away. This is true of big challenges, as well as the small ones. The most important thing you can do is face what's in front of you head on.

Be Present

Do not underestimate the power of being present. If you make a practice of facing your challenges—even in failure—with full presence and awareness, you will find most challenges are not challenges at all. Instead life's challenges become messages from the universe. Meditation can help you cultivate silent awareness and is a good tool to help bring that focus to yourself during difficult times.

You can ask yourself questions that help you better understand the problem and how it affects you.

Why is this a challenge?

Do I believe that I am capable of being successful at this challenge?

What are the possible outcomes if I succeed?

What is the outcome if I fail?

These questions are not meant to solve the problem, rather they are meant to help bring you into fuller awareness of the challenge itself and your emotional reaction to it.

Look to Your SELF for the Solution

Others can help you arrive at your own understanding, but no one ever solves your problems for you. Even in circumstances where someone else is acting as an authority or partner, only you can decide for yourself how you will process the situation. The longer you spend searching for guidance outside of yourself, the longer you spend ignoring the problem. Asses the situation, your resources, and your abilities, and then act. Your action may include enlisting help from others, but it will be your challenge to solve. The sooner you take up the challenge, the quicker it stops being a problem.

Know Yourself

Challenges are opportunities to grow. That growth takes place out of potentiality, your potentiality, which is infinite and highly active in every moment of life. Come to know yourself as that. You are pure potential experiencing life through what seems like limitation. Challenges are spikes in that imaginary limitation barrier that guide you to awareness. You decide: Are you limited or are you an ever-expansive growth of consciousness and love? Choose the latter, and take another look at that so-called challenge you've been facing.

There is a reason why certain challenges seem hard to you while others breeze right through the same situations. It's not because they are better than you. It's all about consciousness. Those who face challenging tasks have found a way to avoid seeing those activities as challenges.

Detach From the Outcome

Stressing about the potential outcome is often what turns a molehill into a mountain. Once you shift your focus to the thing you're actually doing, instead of the result, the most intimidating parts of the trial start to disappear. If you simply perform the task at hand without worrying about the outcome, you have power over the situation.

Some challenges seem enormous and harsh, but if you remain centered and full of awareness, no challenge is too big to meet with power and grace.

In the next chapter of this book, we will read what is referred to regarding You don't need to finish immediately and You don't need to compete with things.

But let's give time so that we can do it properly and please the Lord.