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The Problem With Challenges

Posted October 29, 2011

I suppose I could give you the old “glass half full” sermon today with regard to life’s challenging moments . . . but I won’t.

Today, I’m going to call it like I see it and tell you what truly sucks about our challenges!

They distract us from all the other things that we are truly blessed with!

Challenges can be like that person at the table who won’t shut up long enough for everyone else to get a word in edgewise.

Challenges can be like that person who is always striving for attention . . .

They are the “drama queens (and kings)” the “divas” and . . .

we often let them win our focus . . .

At the price of the blessings that are quite plentiful when counted!

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8 thoughts on “The Problem With Challenges

  1. Thanks, Paul! I’m so tired of the whole ‘what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger’ attitude to challenges. What’s wrong with occasionally having a trouble-free time of it? I do think life would get pretty boring pretty quickly if we didn’t have challenges to overcome, but every now and then it would be great if things just worked out. Then I’d have the time to truly appreciate my blessings and say ‘isn’t life grand’ instead of ‘oh no, not again…’ *lol*

  2. Nothing like some… “good old delayed gratification” to help you see the need to slow down a little and love the ones that matter most.

  3. Challenges can be like that person at the table who won’t shut up long enough for everyone else to get a word in edgewise.

    Love this.

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