Your Inner Resources

"Everything you need is within you, the strength, courage and confidence to change your life. You just need to look within yourself and find it." - Amanda Ray

 

How do you handle everything that life throws at you? The people and unexpected situations that arise when we least expect it or at the most inconvenient time. It can feel overwhelming trying to keep up with all of our regular daily demands and deal with all of the inconveniences, challenges, uncertainties, and curveballs that life seems to throw our way. Just to irritate and upset us. Or so it seems.

 

It's easy to get upset or discouraged when things don't go the way we expect or planned. It is at that moment that we are faced with a choice.  We can react in a hostile, aggressive manner. Or we can take a more positive and thoughtful approach. We can control what we can control and let go of what we cannot.

 

Every time we work through and survive tough and challenging periods in our lives, we become stronger, more resilient, and wiser. And, although we know this, it doesn't make going through them any easier at the time. But still, we should remind ourselves of this often.

 

The outer strength we exude comes from the inner strength we develop. Our strength doesn't come from achieving what we have or doing what we can do. It comes from persisting, persevering, and overcoming the things we thought we couldn't. We dig down deep inside ourselves to bring out our best to navigate our way through the challenges.

 

We are constantly looking outside of ourselves for answers. Everything we are looking for, and need, is already inside us and has been there all along. You can show yourself grace, understanding, and forgiveness. Look inside for self-fulfillment, self-validation, and self-love. Bring out your inner strength, courage, confidence, determination, and wisdom. These are your inner resources. And, you have access to them all the time.

 

You were given this life because you're strong enough to live it. Believe you can, and you can. Believe you will, and you will. You have the strength to handle anything that you are faced with.

 

There is a level of contentment, consideration, calmness, and patience found within someone who uses their inner strength. Just as the word "strength" traditionally implies, there is also a level of endurance necessary to use such restraint throughout your life.

 

This is important to understand because your inner strength is essential to you living the life you desire. Your inner strength helps you to deal with the inevitable obstacles life will throw your way. 

 

Don't limit yourself. The more flexible and unrestricted our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes become, the more enjoyable and expansive life our life will be.

 

May the strength you have obtained from the difficulties you've endured help you achieve the goals you desire and the life you deserve!

 

Make today great!

 

Curtis

 

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and loved more than you know." - A.A. Milne