Why are we so quick to be discouraged?

        As soon as something doesn’t look like it is going to turn out good or right, we automatically give up and stop fighting and believing. Why, when we come across a wall we stop and just sit at the base of the wall and just cry with frustration and discouragement? Why do we stop and give up?

When an obstacle comes our way, why is our first response discouragement? What about being encouraged first? Why not look at the obstacle as a challenge; a challenge that requires you to be creative and persistent, a challenge that stretches your thinking and abilities. A challenge that gives you the opportunity to see what you are capable of, a challenge that provides the opportunity for you to unleash the stored up potential that has been locked away inside of you for years.

Challenge is greatness’s best friend. It is in obstacles that a person’s greatness is challenged to be woken up. The greatness within a person is shaken from its slumber. This challenge requires excellence that one has to put forward, which ultimately results in producing greatness. Your character is strengthened, your personality is refined, and your gifts are sharpened. You become alive.  The roaring lion sleeps no more and its eyes are fixed on the prize, it is ready for the challenge, it is ready to show its might and greatness. It is ready to conquer and to rule.