When Everything Seem To Go Wrong

There are times when I personally wonder if Murphy's Law of how everything that can go wrong will go wrong was created specifically with me in mind.  

It's the dreaded June - July peak summer months and a period where everything no matter how carefully planned and executed will go wrong. It would seem that all effort spent in the last 6 months preparing was quite simply a waste of time. It had me thinking long and hard. The only conclusion that I am led to believe is that the harder you try, the more you'll fail. There's simply no beating it, no matter what you do! 

Then it suddenly struck me; maybe I was never suppose to beat this. Perhaps the mindset that I should have adopted from the start is that this is but a yearly journey, a rite of passage, an annual pilgrimage that I need to face up to and endure. This is the time of the year where we separate the men from the boys. A trial of fire that can only result in shaping up the person that we ought to be in time to come. Only when we start questioning our own competence, determination and desire to right the wrongs that we become better at what we do. After-all, it is only when our limits are fully tested do we  come out being stronger than before. 

Indeed, 2014 has thus far has been a truly challenging year for me. I have been certainly humbled by the various shortfalls in expectations that I had envision at the start of the year and looking back at the last 6 months, a multitude of lessons that will continue to remind me of how far I off I am from my vision.of things. Perception is merely another form of deception. The more we perceive things to be, the more we are in actual fact deceiving ourselves from reality. Instead of our own perceptions or the perceptions of what others say, we should always take a closer look at the cold hard facts of where we are and where we need to go. 

They say that "hope isn't a strategy". Yet how often do we place our faith in the hope that things will somehow work out? I used to think that if you try hard enough and stay faithful on your desired course that things can and will only get better. Well, that is the epitome of hope, isn't it? We can never control the numerous other factors that will come into play and while you can spend your entire time trying to envision and plan for contingencies, experience has taught me that sometimes you just have to play the cards you are dealt with...even if it means losing. What is important is how we choose to accept defeat and moving on from there. Once again, it is all in the mind, is it not? Going through such situations will no doubt provide you with all the "first-hand" experience that will only serve to make you smarter, faster and better at what you do. A priceless lesson that will only serve to sweeten the taste of victory when you finally do get it done right! 

So bring it on...give me all you've got! I WILL CONQUER you one day; and when I do, I will remember this day and reminisce all that you've done for me. For you have made me stronger, smarter and even more determined to be the person that I can eventually be proud of!