Vivianna that seems easy enough to change. Just be sure that every challenge is met with a mutually beneficial intention. I like to say this. I want the highest good for all in this interaction.

Karl from what I’ve read your blog is indeed your ticket to greater freedom and happiness. I’m looking forward to the day when you declare your freedom.

Lance welcome you’re right we do remember the challenges. In that regard they are actually high points of our lives. Thanks for this thought I’m going to mull it further.

Cath you made you laugh. I love it when someone says interesting post because interesting can mean so many meanings. I do the same thing sometimes.

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When I became aware of this complaining, your right, I started using it to make my choices smarter and help my future. That’s why I started my blog to help me get started on creating my future career.

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Generally speaking, any time I used this type of motivation to accomplish a goal it has been a good outcome, and any time I have risen to a challenge simply for the challenge’s sake, no good has come of it.

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Patricia I must be blessed I’ve been much more challenged than bored in my life. In fact I don’t even know what bored feels like. Thank God. Challenges certainly do shake things up.

Vivianna do you love challenge because of the excitement or the fact that it brings our your best, or something else? I can relate to that feeling. I used to love being challenged on the field of athletic competition the most. In fact I’m still yearning for a replacement to the thrills of rugby.

Andrea I agree that health and wealth can be our natural state. In my youth I was never bored with my good health, perhaps I took it for granted. But now that I experience health challenges I’d take that boredom of perfect health! I buy everything your saying except the bit about false self. If we rise to the occasion and stand tall in the face of challenge without looking back or gloating I think we need to recognize that growth and feel good about it. That does not feel like resistance or false to me.

Laurie you hit the key point by talking about how great you feel simply being your self. Break the mold and be as much Laurie as you can with abandon! In my book that’s a big part of why we are here to be ourselves and enjoy the company of others who support us.

I believe there is a group of closed mindset people who do not welcome challenges because too much is riding on their success or failure. In stead of seeing failure as an opportunity to learn, these folks see every challenge as proof that they are talented, intelligent, etc. If they fail, they have proven to the world that they weren’t as talented and intelligent as everyone had thought. These people are not willing to risk their image. Too much is at stake.

Our Spirit or Higher Self does not suffer. It is not challenged. It merely tirelessly continues pointing us in the direction of growth and learning.

Discontentment is certainly a huge catalyst for change. I don’t think it has to be, though. It depends on whether we are a “carrot” or a “stick” kind of a person. Most of us need both – the stick of discontentment and the carrot of a better life ahead. Maybe our egos simply know that they will no longer be in charge if the world were full of carrots.

Blessings,
Andrea