Which one are you?

When you feel yourself struggling with something, then the time has come to grow beyond it. Effort and persistence can bring much value to any endeavor. Yet trying too hard, to the point where the effort becomes a constant struggle, brings nothing positive.  

Struggle means it is time to grow, to go far beyond your previous limitations, to set new and expanded expectations for yourself. When you feel that something has become a struggle, see it as an opportunity. See it as a pointer showing you the direction in which to grow, and use it as a powerful motivation to do so.

Fighting the same fight over and over will just make you skilled at fighting. At some point it becomes time to develop some new skills, and to take your efforts to a whole new level.

What is it that you're struggling with? Instead of looking for ways to maintain your end of the struggle, consider how you could get to the point where you are beyond the need to struggle. Look for how you can stop struggling and start growing.
 
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" One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering." Ida Scott Taylor

I am a work in progress.  I am learning to grow.  Right now I am struggling with goals to grow.  I just thought this was so deep and moved me to think about myself and my struggles with obesity.  It is time for me to be a grower.  To leave the struggle stage.  I am not sure if I will ever not struggle with this problem, but I still want to grow even more where I can find so lice with myself and my struggles if this makes any sense. I just wanted to share this with my OH family.

I am a work in progress.  That's were I was, and where I will be.   And when I am done - it will be time to go.   Not before that...I hope...
I will always learn and learn to grow.  On the path - there are ups and downs. But I know that unless i make a mistake - I will not learn the right path. 

I totally agree!!  Thanks for wise words.

For me to figure out what I am fighting seems hard. I struggle aginst myself and do not see a clear reason for the struggle. To grow beyond this space of self confusion is a goal in it self. I look in the mirror and do not know who I see. I no longer use old ways of coping with trouble but new skills are slow to make real. It is one thing to think of a way to do it, it is another to make it a practical part of my life.

But this past week has been good and my progress while slow is steady now. The upward slope is gone and the downward slide has began. No sure why this sounds so dark today. It really has been a wonderful journey and this is just a small hill in the path I need to make over to get to where I need to be.

Very good, keep up the good work!  Progress is progress.  We all will have bumps in the road.