I am sure when you read the title, “The Prosperity of Discomfort”, you became interested to find out how on earth discomfort could make a person prosperous; after all, Webster defines prosperity as: the condition of being successful or thriving. Now let us “ponder” the meaning for a moment… the condition (something necessary or essential for the occurrence of something else) of being successful or thriving. So how do we get this condition? Keep reading…
Needles, instruments used for getting “under our skin”, can be used as a metaphor to represent people who seemed to have suddenly appeared in our lives only to get on our last nerves! Everything about this person annoys us: their mannerisms, appearance, attitude; the way in which they do what they do EVERYTIME that they do. For some reason, we just can not get past OR away from this person; but do we ever stop to consider that maybe this individual is in our lives to help us grow, by challenging us in the very area where we have yet to prosper?
Some words of wisdom were shared with me many years ago, that have stayed with me to this day: “We cannot grow through, unless we go through.” In order for us to learn how to be successful and thriving, we have to get to the “condition” that will challenge and propel us into it. When we are sick, the doctor will diagnose our condition and many times offer a prescription to alleviate our discomfort. The medicine DOES NOT heal our ailment, but it sustains us in it so once the condition runs its course, we will be BETTER. If we want success, we must first face the challenges presented to help us prosper. So tell me… how is the prosperity of YOUR discomfort?
Needles, instruments used for getting “under our skin”, can be used as a metaphor to represent people who seemed to have suddenly appeared in our lives only to get on our last nerves! Everything about this person annoys us: their mannerisms, appearance, attitude; the way in which they do what they do EVERYTIME that they do. For some reason, we just can not get past OR away from this person; but do we ever stop to consider that maybe this individual is in our lives to help us grow, by challenging us in the very area where we have yet to prosper?
Some words of wisdom were shared with me many years ago, that have stayed with me to this day: “We cannot grow through, unless we go through.” In order for us to learn how to be successful and thriving, we have to get to the “condition” that will challenge and propel us into it. When we are sick, the doctor will diagnose our condition and many times offer a prescription to alleviate our discomfort. The medicine DOES NOT heal our ailment, but it sustains us in it so once the condition runs its course, we will be BETTER. If we want success, we must first face the challenges presented to help us prosper. So tell me… how is the prosperity of YOUR discomfort?
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