Do not fall to pieces!

When the going gets rough, take it on the chin with the rest of us… - Paul (The apostle)

Our society is ranked with people that we have judged too early in their success journeys. For a lot of people we take a glance at their present states and conclude that they have utterly failed probably because they are not yet in our perceived state of success. Because of this societal perception for success, there is often a tendency, especially for the young, to cringe away from anything that has the similitude of hardship. Rather, the young want to “make it” NOW!

                 This will not help any generation. People of substance are made with the processing of time and experience and not at an instant. To be made a person of substance you, like gold, will have to endure the heat of the furnace of life. When you step out of that furnace you will glow for all to see. People love the gold-like person but hate the furnace that purifies to this state.

                Your endurance of tough times shows your discipline because it takes discipline to stay in the heat of the furnace of life and not jump out to some comfort zone of yours. Only the disciplined get to see the vision in their hearts. If you lack discipline you risk aborting the dream your heart has so far incubated.

                 Enduring hard times shows the stuff you are made of. When you squeeze a fruit, its juice oozes out because that is what it was made of. Pressure exposes us. “If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place”, (Proverbs 24:10).

But should in case you intend going all the way, I have ONE recipe. Keep your eyes on the ultimate end. King Solomon reasoned, “Endings are better than beginnings. Sticking to it is better than standing out.” You will not be able to endure to the end unless you see the end. If you see in your mind’s eye the grandeur that comes with completing the journey, you will remain in the furnace.