Problems and My Mental Muscles
Thank you June Stone for sharing this with us!
——-In life, the difficult periods are the best periods to gain experience and shore up determination. As a result, my mental status is much improved because of them. –The Dalai Lama
Life is a process of meeting and solving problems. Solving problems is a way that we test and develop our spiritual muscle. Think of outstanding people such as Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, and Helen Keller. Lincoln faced the problem of a divided country; Gandhi, an oppressed India; Keller, her personal handicaps. In rising to meet their vision, courage, fortitude, and compassion, they became great –Â not in spite of, but because of their problems.
Problems often come to us in the form of crisis. The Chinese glyph for the word crisis contains two symbols; one means danger and the other opportunity. When an obstacle is before you, use it to create a beneficial result. As with Lincoln, Gandhi, and Keller, let your problems bring out your greatness.
Rather than pray for a life that is problem-free, ask for one that is solution-full. Instead of requesting that God remove the mountain before you, seek the strength to climb it. Remember that the best students always get the toughest problems. Love the problems you have, and their priceless gifts will be yours.  Listening to Your Inner Voice. Copyright 1991, by Douglas Bloch.
June 24th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Hey Kirk, Just wanted to drop you a lesson I learned in regard to your T4D today. Problems are things we try to avoid and nobody likes problems, but I have learned that we enjoy a good challenge. If we take a problem, identify it and start looking for solutions, we have in that moment changed it to a challenge and in so doing it no longer weighs us down, but pulls us forward. I look forward to the challenges of life.
Love to you and your family,
Ray
June 24th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Kirk,
Today’s email goes with what my father (Allen) always taught us growing up. “There are no problems in life only opportunities.†It is amazing how quickly your mind turns when you hear the word problem but again quickly changes back when you hear you have an opportunity. I carry this thought with me daily and share as often as I can. Just this one idea as completely changed my outlook on life. So much so that I recently got married and on each table we put quotes of inspiration and hope from famous leaders, my father’s was the first one that came to mind. Many people committed that this was a wonderful idea and “so my father”. All who know my father know he sees the good in all.
Amanda