Attacking a Challenge

New Challenges bring fear, stress, heartache, headache, humility, and reality.  Yet we thrive in challenging times.  We love when the challenge presents itself.  We anticipate the opportunity, and we yearn to face the challenge head on.  Why?  Because succeeding through new challenges is one of the few tangible evidences of improvement.  You have accomplished something that people doubted you could.  You succeeded in an arena that even you didn't know you could.

It goes back to the obstacle courses we faced in elementary, the ropes courses we faced in middle school, and the pushup contest we faced in high school.  Or for some of us.........the reading, writing, and arithmatic that we faced accordingly.

None of us want to sit back and bow down to the challenge, giving into our fear of humility and reality.  We don't want to watch the opportunity of improvement and success pass us by.  But it's the choice that you make at that moment that will hasten or delay your development.  Challenge is opportunity.  But you must choose to face it head-on immediately, or risk missing out on seeing what's on the other side.