The Battlefield

Challenges are the universe’ way of showing us that we are not where we want to be and we deserve so much more, the thought of overcoming these challenges is what gets us up in the morning because we already know what overcoming these challenges will mean to us.

At the beginning of each battle, we never really know how much strength we will need to conquer, it all starts with great belief and faith, we are upbeat about it and our confidence is at its highest. As time goes on and we do not see the results we had imagined at the start, we tend to lose a bit of fight and get drained at the thought of waking up and fighting starts to become daunting. It is normal and you should not despair when that happens, all you have to do is go back to the drawing board and remind yourself why you wanted to overcome this and you will find that strength you had at the beginning to help you continue where you left off and with that begins progress.

When you choose to continue fighting after you have experienced failure, you feel that you are putting a lot at risk because now you know the pain of not succeeding and you never want to go through that again. It is a scary thought, and it is easy to give into that fear and just stop trying in order to protect yourself, however the great disadvantage in this is that you will never know what would have happened had you continued and the thought of not knowing will haunt you a lot worse than any fear you ever had.

Stand up to your fears because they do not have any power over you, they are just there to remind you about the size of the battle you are in, acknowledge them and continue fighting, with each step you take you will notice those fears fading away and being replaced with confidence, they might try to creep back at some point but if you constantly remind yourself of why you are where you are; your confidence in victory will overpower them and eliminate them for good and once they are gone you will know that victory is near.

Once a battle is won, it is very important to not become complacent so that you can hold onto that crown and be able to go for much bigger crowns;  to do that you will need more warriors around you and because you have experienced many battles before, you are in the perfect position to develop your own warriors by helping them overcome their battles, because by doing this, you are not only giving back but you are creating a network of loyal soldiers who can help you tackle and win even bigger battles in future.

Keeping it real with

Rori Matsetela