Sunday, November 28, 2010
Struggles
So, I'm reading this book from a great series by Lisa Wingate. It's called Good Hope Road. Anyway, on the first page the girl talks about a butterfly on her windowsill trying to emerge out of its caccoon. She thinks its so sad that it has struggled for hours and yet it has only gotten two legs out. However she later goes on to talk about how the butterfly must endure that because it's body is swollen and fat and there is no blood in its wings. Its struggle to get out is how it survives. If it didnt struggle the blood would not go to its wings so then it couldnt fly, so therefore it would quickly die. So my question is this...Often times in our life we go through struggles that seem never ending, all to reach a goal. Is the struggle worth the reward? And would we as a people not survive in the "real world" if we do not go through hard times as teenagers, when we are merely PREPARING for the "real world"?
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I definitely think that YES struggles are worth the reward. I know that for me personally, and a lot of other people at school, we struggle everyday athletically to become faster, stronger, more agile and skilled. The things we love to do actually become more a trial than anything else, especially when we are attempting to gain a college education or money for them. Yet, once our goal is achieved, all of the pain and suffering seems soooo much sweeter... the pain is worth it because who knows how much more you could have achieved if you had just pushed a little harder that last time.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think that out struggles and hard times as teenagers seem awful right now, but more times than not, the pain that we are experiencing is a completely different sort of pain than one would face as an adult. Now, that obviously is not true in all cases, but Adult life is going to be more than any of us can prepare to expect right now because, simply, we aren't adults yet. Still, our struggles make us better people usually, they teach us how to persevere and recover... these are all valuable traits that will help us be successful adults in the future.
People go through struggles everyday. Whether it's school, family, sports, or anything else, things in life are going to be hard. Getting through them and becomming a better person (mentally or physically) is the real reward.
ReplyDeleteWhat we go through now and in our future college years will surely shape us into the adult that we will become. In my opinion, simply being a football player, this is simply facing and overcomming adversity. If a person can't handle things now, wait till you're out in the "real world." That'll kick you in the rear.