Life is hard. · Lifestyle Foundr Group™

Dan Harrison

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15d • 💎 Gems

Life is hard.

If you're going after something big...

big goals, big dreams, something new for you

whether that's your health, your relationship, your business, your wealth, whatever.

The expectation that it's somehow going to be easy?

That it won't be full of challenges and hardship?

That's naive.

And when the challenges show up,

because they will,

the mindset that wants to run away from them?

That's the enemy.

That's passivity.

That's avoidance.

That's smallness.

Because the challenges and frustrations and hardships?

That's the invitation.

That's the invitation into becoming the version of yourself that's required.

And the small challenge in front of you right now?

You don't even know.

But this is the dojo.

This is what's required of you

because you're going after great things.

This particular frustration or challenge is going to develop you.

It will be used.

It'll be God's challenge to us.

And it's my belief that God Challenges us because he loves us.

God inspires us with big dreams and desires,

and then challenges us along the path

so we might become closer with Him.

So we realize our own efforts,

our limited selves, our small selves disconnected from God,

will never be able to achieve our potential.

Some of the most challenging things in my life have become the things I'm most grateful for.

In the moment, I couldn't see it.

But looking back? I wouldn't trade them for the world.

An overwhelming, insurmountable amount of debt. I'm so grateful for that.
Going back to school to get my CFP and rewriting the idea that I'm a bad student. So grateful for that.
Having kids. Jeez. The sleepless nights. The uncertainty. The learning curve. Hard. And so grateful.
Making the choice for our family to go on one income without it being enough—before we had enough. So grateful. Hard. Really hard.
Marriage. The disagreements. The conflict. Hard. And so so grateful.

And inside all of the challenges for me?

The way out has been prayer and faith.

The challenges give us the opportunity to not only develop our skills, our character, our beliefs,

... but to connect with something greater.

The greatest tool in my arsenal for challenges and hardships is simply to not stop praying.

That's it.

When I want to quit, I pray.

When it feels impossible, I pray.

When I can't see the way forward, I pray.

Because I was never meant to do this alone.

None of us were.

So here's my question: