What Takes the Wind Out of Your Sails

What Takes the Wind Out of Your Sails

Allow me to take a leaf from this striking quote from recognized American author Robert Brault saying: "WHEN LIFE TAKES THE WIND OUT OF YOUR SAILS, IT IS TO TEST YOU AT THE OARS".  To translate this tricky query, when we go through the seaman's lingo, through the sail, it is the wind that will become the catalyst for the boat to move out in the waters.  In life, we need the wind as a catalyst to push our boat forward out in the high seas.

As each of us thrive on being successful, in doing so, we often forget the difficulties lying in the path to success.  We set targets and want to achieve them right away, but we tend to forget that we are JUST HUMANS and may fall short on those goals.  Failure at the start can lead us on to FRUSTRATION and easily, that shatters our self-confidence we would have had at the beginning.  In the end, we might even consider giving up on our dreams because we don't feel like we can ever succeed in life.  Despite the popular belief about success, it isn't a ONE-WAY path or a straight line.  Instead, it is a muddled road with various ups and downs and you we would navigate it with popular care.  We might even fall or get lost in the way but we keep going, eventually we'll get to it.

All these boil down to PERSEVERANCE, that steadfastness in doing something despite the difficulty in achieving success.  PERSEVERANCE is an essential element when we need to achieve a high level of success.  It is a great tool to use and it DOESN'T require any college education or even training. It just comes naturally and all it requires is our strong will. It doesn't matter what our goal is.  The chances of success depends largely on our willingness to PERSIST & PERSEVERE.

Why do we need PERSEVERANCE after all ?  We need it to reach our goals.  We need it to carry us through failures and adversities.  We need it to push us towards reaching our goals.  We need it to encourage our adaptability.  That adaptability benefits every area in our life, making us more resilient.  BTW, PERSEVERANCE is a 'learnable skill'.  It is not something that is innate.  Looking back at all the successful people, they all have a common denominator and that's being PERSEVERANT.  So, let's keep going and ensure we DON'T TAKE THE WIND OUT OF OUR SAILS✅✅✅