Showing posts with label appreciation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label appreciation. Show all posts

Saturday, January 16, 2021

The Struggle

 

The Struggle

Eighty percent don't care the other twenty percent are glad it's you. A true statement about how other people feel about your problems and struggles. Yet we all tend to vent and complain about our problems whether be on social media or to each other and it never solves anything. We tend to forget that failures, setbacks, loss, heartache, and pain all show our true colors and will build character if you allow it to. Everyone has their problems and not enough time and patience to help others deal with theirs while dealing with their own. So in short, it gets left on the individual to help themselves and use all their failures as lessons and fuel to the fire of getting up and getting better. I regress a little, there are plenty of podcasts, vlogs, blogs, articles, and books written and said of successful people who have had similar problems and worse and have found a way to overcome them. If your willing to listen, read, and take the advice from individuals who have been able to overcome similar struggles, then you yourself can do the same. Complaining and wanting sympathy and pity solves nothing and only makes you look weak. Only recognizing who you are, what you've been through, your weaknesses and strengths, and having the determination to better yourself will get you to a better place. Learn to appreciate the struggle and the lessons it brings to you. Definitely keeps life interesting.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Talent Attained



Talent Attained

I discovered that myself and others are guilty, at one time or another, of being jealous of people with natural talent. A talent that they were born with and discovered that they had a natural ability of doing a task without much effort or trial and error to accomplish. While everyone looks at them with a bit of jealousy, I see the other side of the coin.  Most of the time people tend to take something like this for granted and let it go to the way side. The reason being is that they did not have to earn it, it was just a gift. And how do humans act with a gift? Typically it gets used, abused and tossed to the side. There was no time, money, trial and error, failure and success attached to it. Therefore, there is no appreciation to have earned it. There is a lot to be said about earning and striving for something, you will at the very least, respect it and have less of a chance to take it for granted. In all reality our money and time our among the most valuable things we have. And when we use them to attain something rather then have something given to us, we appreciate it more. There is a reward there and a deeper connection to what we have to strive for. So if you have a natural ability or talent to do something, learn to respect it and appreciate it and try not to take for granted. For the ones on the other side of the spectrum, leave the jealousy at the door and go earn it. You'll have a deeper respect for yourself and a appreciation for what you have earned.



Tuesday, December 31, 2019

New Year, New Me, Why Wait?


New Year, New Me, Why Wait?

Why does everyone wait until January 1st to start changing themselves for the better? To set goals, to start working out, or to make a major change? It's never made much sense to me. Why waste all that time waiting on that day? Get started the moment you feel inspired and never stop. The thing about all this is people get discouraged quickly, they expect instant results. Life never works that way, everything worth having takes time, effort, setbacks, failures and learning. With that comes great appreciation for what you have accomplished and a very low chance of taking it for granted. Think about it, when someone just gives you something you tend to not appreciate it for the simple reason that you didn't earn it. You did not put the time, effort, knowledge and or passion into achieving this, so you have no reason to appreciate it. Right? Yet we know all this and still give up so easy on what we set out to do once it gets too hard or failure presents itself. It all boils down to you and what you are prepared to go through to achieve what you want and have a true appreciation for it in the end.


Eric Val

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