Role of Challenges in Personal Growth

There was a time when cooking seemed to be a difficult task to me. It felt like I would near be able to remember recipes even simplest of the dishes. I used to write recipes so I may cook it the next time without being repented by my mom 😉. I would do thorough preparation for cooking anything by collecting and preparing ingredients before hand. In other words, it took me so long to cook just one dish.

Now is the time when I can multiple dishes simultaneously within a much shorter period of time. There is no longer a need to follow written recipes as I have them in my head; neither I have go spend time in preparing ingredient before hand. I am able to manage different steps of the task side by side.

The thing that has caused the transformation in my skill is practice. Nevertheless, the question is why I had to develop the skill. It was because of the challenges my life put on me. There was no way to skip cooking and that the demand of the time was to become efficient. Else I would not be able to manage several other things. I embraced the challenge with courage and perseverance, and today I am at the stage where the task has become easy and effortless for me.

Challenges are of crucial importance in our lives. These are the obstacles that urge us to find creative ways for achieving the desired goals. The hindrances in our lives give us the opportunity to unravel our hidden potential. Hardships and trials are the gateway to personal growth. Sometimes, when I ponder on the most difficult times of my life, I realize, without them, I wouldn’t have gained the wisdom and skills that I have today.

Nonetheless, challenges work in our favour only when we are ready to embrace them with determination and tenacity. Instead of escaping the situation or hiding behind shields of comfort, when we display the valour to face our challenges, we are sure to rise above them.

At different stages of life, we encounter different types of challenges, some more difficult than others. The ability to overcome these challenges depends on an individual’s personal strength. However, strength is not something that is built overnight. It is cultivated over time through continuous learning, perseverance and patience.

I have observed certain cases where parents, out of their love, over-pamper their children. They provide their children with everything they ask for. In doing so, they shield their children from exerting any efforts or facing any obstacles in order to achieve their desires. Consequently, the children are deprived of the learning that would make them strong.

Such parents overindulge their children with under the illusion of offering protection. In reality, however, they make them more vulnerable to the adversity. Without the opportunity to build resilience, even the gentlest breeze of difficulty may uproot them, shaking their foundation entirely.

I have also noticed that such over-pampered children are often ungrateful and complaining. One of the reasons may be their tendency to undervalue the things that come to them effortlessly. When the desires are fulfilled instantly without any efforts, the true worth of those things becomes difficult for them to appreciate.

For the children raised in overprotective and over-pampering environment it is quite difficult to cultivate the virtue of patience. They also lack perseverance and grit. Consequently, a little obstacle in the way may shred them a part.

Therefore, it is crucial for emotional and spiritual growth of the children to give them the opportunity to face their challenges on their own. It will help them unleash their potential and creativity. They will gain wisdom and cultivate resilience.

Nonetheless, avoiding overprotection does not at all means that parents should become blind to their children’s needs; and on the name of making them independent they should leave them unprotected. Instead, it means that parents should not be constantly stepping in to solve every problem or preventing their children from facing discomfort.

Rather, parents should encourage their children to confront their challenges while providing them a supportive safety net. The parent child relationship should be woven in a way where the child be may express themselves freely, with a confidence of being supported and guided. In this way, we can develop emotional strength, resilience and responsibility in our kids.

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The post is my response to Hive Learners Featured contest edition 2 of week 132

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