The word “struggle” sounds weird, but as I reached maturity, I understood that it is a word that affects everyone.
Regardless of how people look great outside, regardless of how rich people are, regardless of how positive people are, everyone struggles with one thing or another.
Silently, something is bothering them, either inside or outside; they might look good and happy outside, but within, there is a fire they have been putting a consistent effort into quenching.
Life is beautiful and the best gift we can ever have; we desire to have the best of everything.
We desire to have everything going smoothly our way, but things don't happen that way. Everyone is having a particular problem in their lives, and I just keep wondering why it is so.
Is it to remind us that we are humans and imperfect creatures? Or is it just misfortune laying its hands on everyone?
There is this politician I respect and admire a lot in my place. If it's money, he has it; if it's assets, he has surplus.
The man looks happy and tough, in fact it's not even “look like” it's who the man is, always smiling but when it comes to addressing the people and tackling political issues he is a lion.
For me, I thought someone like that shouldn't have any problem at all. Recently, a friend of mine who is his neighbor was telling me how the man is struggling with a heart problem.
He said that, several times, the man used to collapse, and a lot of effort is usually used to revive him.
What then is this life about? No one is above life; you can become great yet not escape trouble, and you can have abundance of riches and wealth yet still be struggling with other areas of life.
All of us are strugglers in different ways; the area of life that you have overcome is the area someone is seriously battling with.
Sometimes these battles can take so long to overcome, and other times, you don't even overcome them; you just learn to manage them.
Personally, I have a number of struggles, ranging from finance, emotions, and so on, but the one I would focus on is a social challenge. I struggle with how to express myself, whether publicly or not.
This began in my high school days, and honestly, I don't know how it came to be but fear of not being able to do the task effectively is something I can point to as the cause.
People would offend me, and instead of me opening up right there and expressing myself, I would stay mute and go home, then cry over it and carry the trauma for days, sometimes even weeks.
The person who offended me might move on and even forget that something like that has transpired between us, but I won't; I would be stuck in pain and regret.
Most people think I don't like socializing and participating in leadership activities because I was trying to stay private, but that wasn't the problem; it's the problem of the fear of not being competent.
I have missed several opportunities because of this, and I have been working hard to overcome it. To be frank, there has been a lot of improvement in that; although I have already missed a lot, I am becoming a better person.
One of the obvious lessons I learned from struggling with that deficiency and how I overcame it is that our problems sometimes open our eyes to see who we truly are, and no matter how big our challenges are, we can overcome them.
However, we must never forget that life's challenges are endless; you overcome one, wait for the next, but what will give us an advantage is staying prepared for anything that comes.
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