Problems Are Life's Weights

Hi Guys

I have recently had to go through one of the most trying and challenging things of my life so far. Without going into the details I just wanted to share with you a brief insight about life's challenges that I learnt several years ago and that is extremely relative to my current life situation. I hope that you can use it to serve you in the future when life seems to get too heavy...

The insight that I learnt and that I wanted to share with you today is that a life without problems is like a gym without any weights. Just as lifting a heavy weight in the gym can be a challenge so do I prefer to refer to problems as challenges, they always seem more approachable as a challenge and the simple change in description suggests that whatever it is, you can overcome it.

Imagine if you went to the gym and tried to workout but there were no weights. If there is no resistance then there is nothing to stimulate your body and your muscles and therefore nothing changes and nothing grows. Life's problems or challenges are the resistance we need to adapt and to grow as people. Whether it be emotionally, psychologically, intellectually, physically or spiritually (or all of these) a problem or a challenge in life is a sign that we must grow and expand who we are. Just as when weight is difficult to lift in the gym we must adapt and become stronger in order to life that weight.

And just like in the gym with that weight, once you do grow and become stronger as a person you can then take on bigger, larger and more complex challenges and anything that comes along that is equal to something you have already overcome you find you can handle with relative ease, due to your past experience and your past workouts in life.

Problems add the resistance we need to grow and life is the place where we sculpt and build our souls. So the next time something challenging comes your way, remember this insight and meet it head on with a new found perspective. Welcome it with open arms and think to yourself here is an opportunity to grow and expand who I am, let's do it.

Be grateful for the lessons that life teaches us through our challenges and our triumphs, through our problems and our blessings, the only thing that makes the difference between something good and something bad, between pain and pleasure is a person's perspective.

Train hard and smart

Keep pushing through the resistance that life offers and your will grow your emotional and spiritual muscles.

God Bless

Your Trainer & Friend

Adam
www.BodyByAdam.co.uk