Every day, and on a worldwide scale, we encounter challenges that test our emotional fortitude. Accidents, illnesses, job losses, emotional distress, broken marriages, and the launch of new projects with questionable prospects all fall under this category. Seven strategies are outlined below to help us make it:
Get your bearings by focusing on reality
Instead of advancing in life, we often recede from it. When it comes to evading, we are without peer. However, truth-seeking orientation is essential if we are to live in the moment, enjoy life, and achieve our goals. That’s when we’ll finally be here and now. Using the reality principle as a compass helps us develop a stronger resilience to the hardships of life. What was difficult before is now easy. What once made us flinch is now a source of familiarity. Life’s difficulties become more manageable. Even more importantly, we can see that we have increased our strength, which gives us confidence that we can continue to do so in the future. This paves the way for self-confidence, which is the cornerstone of a happy existence. So, choosing hard things is essential here.
Just take things as they are. Rather than attempting to mould it to your preferences,
The Buddha emphasised the need of appreciating what one has rather than pining for what one does not have as the means to a happy existence. Being present is paying attention to and appreciating the life you’re experiencing right now. Accepting life in its whole, the good and the bad, the love and the loss, the life and the death, gives us a certain degree of independence. When we are open to seeing life in its whole, we are better equipped to gain perspective on our experiences and make the most of the opportunities presented to us. Accepting one’s inherent traits and characteristics frees one to reach one’s full potential.
Don’t rush yourself
The tortoise’s slow and steady approach pays out in the end, just as it did in the fable of the hare and the turtle. The more hasty we are, the less likely we are to achieve our goals. This is beyond our ability to fix. Our mistake rates tend to be higher. We cut corners and will have to pay the price afterwards. We could learn something the easy way, but it doesn’t guarantee it’s the best way. Slow, methodical, progressive expansion is the kind of approach that produces long-lasting changes.
Expressing and showing gratitude has benefits
It’s human nature to dwell on the things that are wrong rather than the things that are right in our lives, but doing so limits our ability to appreciate and make the most of the blessings we’ve been given. Changing one’s perspective may have dramatic effects. Having a grateful heart and an appreciative outlook on life might be good for one’s mental and emotional health. With this outlook, we have a better shot at making the most of the gifts we’ve been given and even using them to help us triumph over the hardships that are inevitably in our future.
Conclusion
We make an effort to emotionally distance oneself because intense feelings may be disorienting, unsettling, and scary. Emotional growth is essential to finding happiness, meaning, and pleasure in life. Removing emotions is futile and destructive because it drains the emotional vitality that gives life its purpose and value. The feelings we have on a regular basis shape our identities.
