In life we are all faced with various challenges, for some, those challenges come in the form financial strains while for others it may be physical or even mental.
In my short time on this earth I have come to realize that challenges and failures build character, they are the building blocks on which we can stand on use as reference for future endeavors. I have met some people in Carlyle that I must admit have caused my move here to be less of a challenge as I previously thought, therefore I have no complaints regarding my move and getting adjusted. It has been almost two months since my transition and in reflecting, although some may believe it's too short of a time to reflect, I have come to point where I now have a routine down.
Yes there are times when I miss family and the occasional gripe about some minuscule thing but Carlyle has provided clarity but with it, came its own form of challenges. I label them as challenges yes, but I believe they are more of an opportunity for me learn more about myself, which is always good. One of my mottos in life is "harmony is the goal" and I believe my experience in some weird way form part of my ultimate goal and plan of achieving harmony in every aspect of my life. That in its self is a challenge but hey, I think it can be achieved, even in an imperfect world.
My personality has always been that of an individual who welcome's life's ups and downs. However my "challenge" here has been battling the slow days and weekends that seem to just be stagnant and bring seemingly nothing to my mind at times. Mind you, it's not boredom but just my mind wanting me to revert to a shallow way of thinking.
I do admit that it is human nature to become ungrateful at times and lose sight of what was ones initial liking, however I have not lost sight of that and know that those days were just a phase. And the things that I yearn for have really no bearing on how I live my life, other than my girlfriend and family of course.
But I do believe that the slow days became slower after my girlfriend's visit over the May long weekend. I guess I have to develop more mental toughness, however, I don't want to give the impression that I am locked up at home for days on end not answering my phone, far from it. I do believe we all have our lows, but I must admit the past couple of days have been a bit of a drag for me.
How is your mental toughness Carlyle? I was able to reason out things and move past feeling down over the weekend. But I think the 26th president of the United States said it best, although I am not faced with any challenge that I believe I can't overcome, but his words make for a great pep talk."It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
