Embracing Hardship

I have not often met another person who is enthused when they encounter a challenge or sense difficulties. I admit that the need to take care of ourselves can form a preference to not have to face it but what if, as a being who is a part of a continuously changing world, I am meant to continuously develop with it? I had a sense of what I wanted to do as a child but I had no way of knowing what the world would be like when I became an adult. Along the way, I learned and experimented with what I had and I developed. There were moments when the hardship felt against me but it encouraged me to recognize myself, innovate with what I had and balance myself within the whole. 

I learned that I did not have to like hardship, I only had to work to recognize its purpose and discipline myself to not resist the natural flow. In choosing acceptance, I trusted that I was in a progression and would only understand if I chose to learn with it. I know now that when I feel a resistance to a difficulty, I must make an effort to recognize the growth opportunity within my task. Whether an occurrence in the ordinary or something in what I am working on, what shows up as a challenge is a part of an overall development. I don't always have to know but I will gladly accept the opportunity offered.