“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”~Michael Jordan
These words from legendary NBA basketball player Michael Jordan are epic. They prove to us that it’s only through our hardships that we are able to succeed. Whether it’s failure, discouragement, or loss, all of our hardships are our preparation for something greater.
Still, most of us hate hardships. They can make us feel almost like we are suffocating and like we have too much to handle. We often feel broken as we are going through them.
But interestingly, it’s when we are broken that we become built and molded into something greater. Just think how gold can only be purified while in the most intense fire. It’s the same concept.
Hardships are necessary for us to become who we were born to be. As much as they can be discouraging, they become encouraging as we grow older. They can provide us with the revelations and the wisdom that we need so that we can become who we were born to be.
Don’t believe me? Read these 13 insane ways hardships can mold you into becoming who you were born to be:
1. They prepare you for the future steps of your life so that you can persevere through anything that you have to face.
2. They ignite the fire within you, making you realize the level of determination and effort that it takes for you to reach your goals.
3. They help you distinguish who you are, your true passions, and who it is that you want to become.
4. They build your tenacity, proving to you that you should never give up on yourself or your dreams until you fulfill them.
5. They shape your character and the expectations that you make for yourself at different moments of your life.
6. They ease you in realizing that there will always be things about yourself to work on. But deep down you, know making these improvements will only help you become a better person.
7. They make you become more positive, seeing every experience – good or bad – as a necessity for your becoming the person who you were born to be.
8. They amp up your level of commitment to never give up in the face of trials or defeat because you know hardships don’t last forever.
9. They improve your focus on who and what are important in life. You discover that you should only focus on the race in your own lane.
10. They provide you with a better appreciation and understanding of how you can use what you learned from overcoming your hardships to help others like you.
11. They change your perspective on fear, doubt, and discouragement. Overtime, you begin to see these as the ignitions placed along your path to jolt you into becoming who you were born to be.
12. They inspire you to cling onto your dreams of success, knowing that some day they will become your reality.
13. They show you that though you may be faced with hardships from time to time, your sheer persistence is what will make you overcome them.
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