{"id":1902,"date":"2020-10-28T13:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2020-10-28T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:44:59","slug":"seeing-the-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/28\/seeing-the-difficulties\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing the difficulties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/greatday.com\/cgi-bin\/X10\/video.pl?mc20102802KQ27a\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"202\" data-attachment-id=\"1903\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/28\/seeing-the-difficulties\/difficulties\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/difficulties.png?fit=400%2C202&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,202\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"difficulties\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/difficulties.png?fit=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/difficulties.png?fit=400%2C202&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/difficulties.png?resize=400%2C202&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/difficulties.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/difficulties.png?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Why are you so skilled at seeing the difficulties? Because it is by addressing those difficulties that you&#8217;re able to make progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good and rewarding life is not a life that&#8217;s free of challenges. It is a life in which you are energized by those challenges to transcend them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you not know what to do? Your greatest fulfillment comes from figuring it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you perplexed about how to do it? Then you must set about to find a way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it tiresome, inconvenient, frustrating to make the effort? That&#8217;s a good sign the effort is your pathway to achievement, value, satisfaction, and meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you see that life is difficult what you&#8217;re also seeing within yourself is raw energy. Harness that energy and put it to positive use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Ralph Marston<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are you so skilled at seeing the difficulties? 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