Problems + Positive Attitude = Growth and Wisdom

I strongly agree to what Helen Keller once said, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved”. There are several advantages when you experience problems. One of which is that you can learn from them, they give you opportunities for growth, and they make you stronger.

Mistakes make you stronger. Nobody likes making mistakes, but mistakes are important ingredients of growth and self improvement. It builds maturity. Another reason is that problems give you fresh opportunities. When you undergo trials they give you a chance to think about the situation. It makes you more analytical and critical of what’s happening around you. Thus, you try remedies to iron things out, perhaps fail and then learn from those failures and try again. It’s the essence of life, anyway… You try, you fail… and you try again. It’s simply a cycle…

I for one, hate facing my own problems. But a very important person helped me realize the good things I could learn from them. She also taught me how to face them. She faced many problems through her life and I’ve never seen her quit. Not once… She let me learn my lesson from the mistakes I have made in my young age. She made me understand the value of self reflection and evaluation, and giving myself and other people another chance. She always told me, “Everybody deserves a second chance.” If I give others a second chance, then I should give myself the same chance.

As a whole, as you learn from your mistakes, they shape your character. They sharpen your basic life skills and prepare you for whatever “tornado” or “hurricane” that may come your way. If you go through life afraid to experience mistakes and failures, and take risks, you’ll spend most of your life doing nothing, wasting your time and energy. There is no harm in committing mistakes. It is an essential part of moving forward. The more responsibility you take on, the more likely you will make mistakes and learn from them; which will help you grow wiser, stronger, more productive, and of course, happier and more successful.