Middle East Post

Life is a collection of challenges which we face in our way to achieve what we want. Many tried to study the way humans behave in order to find out the reason which stands behind our actions. Sometimes we fail and sometimes we succeed but most of us do not care to know what exactly made us succeed in one time and fail in another.

Many believe that it is luck or faith which decides for us whether to succeed or fail and prefer not to study the actions which were made in our way to the result which we get. One thing which affects us for sure is our emotions. If we wake up and start our day with a bad thought or incident, we sometimes surrender to this feeling and continue our day feeling bad. If we fail in something our mind starts to convince us that it is better not to take the risk again in order to protect us from failing another time.

This is where most of us could lose control and surrender to the instructions of the mind which sometimes are not really what we need. An experience from the past becomes a part of the thoughts and data which our mind uses to determine whether we are on the right track or not. One failure for example could affect us in deciding many things in the future. But what if this one time which we failed in was a success instead? And is it even possible to change this pattern which our minds use unconsciously in order to protect us? Is it even right to change the way our mind works?

What we need is not to change the way our mind acts but to change the data which our mind uses to help us making decisions. Although it could sound complicated, it is simple and easy: Our past should not be a block in our way to success in the future but instead should become a source for knowledge and energy to continue on. Studying the way to failure and success is extremely important since it will give us information to continue on but considering the results of the past as a source to predict the results of the future is extremely wrong.

There is nothing called stability or certainty which you can seek without working hard for it. Every time we fail should turn into another motive to proceed to the next success. Usually failure is accompanied with anger, hesitation about the future, depression, and every other negative feeling which we know. These feelings are emotions which can be used in different ways that can determine the next stage. If we surrender to these emotions and let them control us then there no way that we can reach the end of the next stage with a success. If we succeed in living and accepting these negative feelings while trying to turn them into the fuel which we need then success and satisfaction are what we will get after that.

Despite the fact that we humans try always to create patterns and plans for our life in order to feel secured, we can never predict the challenges which we could face in our life. Therefore the secret is not in knowing which challenge we will face and when but indeed in building and preparing ourselves to get out of any failure easily, wisely, and with more passion and determination to continue on.

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