There is a famous serenity prayer that I have always said every night before I go to sleep. A prayer that most can and will recognize as something that gives one the ability to change any problem into a challenge.
"God grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change. The COURAGE to change the things I can and the WISDOM to know the difference. "
The three main points in the prayer represent what you need to transform the problems in your life into challenges that make you stronger because they cause you to put the most important things first. I practically live by turning my problems into challenges. Granted it is incredibly tough because by turning your problems into challenges you cause yourself to face the most uncertainty of all things. Because when this transformation happens the stress and emotional tole that the challenges you take on can be exhausting. For example last Saturday one of my good friend's, Katie, her dad died. Out of nowhere he just died. He had been fighting the battle against stomach cancer for almost two years and I believe that his battle of cancer was seen to others as a problem but he saw it as a challenge. He challenged himself to forget about the odds, forget about how long the doctors said he had to live, he decided for himself that he controlled how long he had on earth. Dale Mayo underwent a clinical trial for patients with his type of cancer. Rather than sitting back and doing nothing he risked his own life to help others like him get better. I find his actions incredibly courageous and heroic. By turning his problem into a challenge he helped researches get closer and closer to finding a cure. The impact that he left in everyone's life is something I admire so strongly about him. He was an incredible father to four great kids who have the most generous hearts and uplifting spirits I have ever been around. Turning a problem into a challenge is simple. It's about personal motivation and vision.
Katie Mayo and I :)
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