Not All The Time Trying The Hardest Is The Way To Go

 

All along, we keep harping that we need to DO OUR BEST.  Do I take back those words now with our blog today that WHEN WE DON'T TRY SO HARD, THE BEST THINGS COME WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT THEM TO?  NO sirrrrrs, WHILE I agree to this poster, both propositions do hold water.  NO sirrrrs, I'm NOT turning back from my spiel that we should give our best in every endeavor we do undertake.  Having said that, one narrative that has happened many times is that sometimes, the least expected things do happen📘📙📗

 

At this point, I believe we can piggy-back on Science WHICH explains that WHEN we get injured, our body knows WHAT to do and mends itself automatically.  In short, we DON'T need to try by 'maxing out' ourselves.  To quote an UNKNOWN one-liner, TO HEAL A WOUND, YOU NEED TO STOP TOUCHING IT.  Many times in the past, I'd been trying harder and many times pushing myself [sometimes way beyond WHAT I can handle sometimes].  BUT many times I also realized that as I redoubled OR even tripled my efforts and worked harder, the more I pushed harder to be within grasp of WHAT I wanted to achieve, that thing just became farther and farther💚💛💜

And if I had a late realization then, it was the fact that by forcing myself and desperately trying to make things work, I observed that somehow I unconsciously did cut off my inspiration and even energy [maybe at that point, from a battery perspective, I'm experiencing a 'LOW BATT' and from an energy viewpoint, I'm simply drained no less].  And then, frustraion seeps in and WHEN that happens, I realized that my struggle, my internal fight just became much harder.  Then the domino effect comes into play WHEN frustration kicks-in, your motivation takes a hit, and your previous inspiration must have gone out of the window!!!

Of course, WHAT's the reality in life?  People around you keep egging you to TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER and I have to admit, WHENEVER I heard those unsolicited words before, I would cringe everytime it gets into my eardrums.  For some reason, it sends the message that you just AREN'T doing enough to make it [WHATEVER it seems to be at the moment] happen.  It does also suggest that you are giving it all BUT then, it's NOT JUST GOOD ENOUGH.  At tha point, WHO else will get more motivated and inspired???

Our takeaway:  If I have to admit something that gets me conflicted, it's the fact that I am NEVER the type of person that believes in NOT trying harder or NOT pushing through the pain [even WHEN the cards are stacked against me] BUT admittedly, there were points WHEN my energy-level was near NIL and my INSPIRATION [which drives my motivation] just dissipated in thin air.  I then realized that NOT ALL THE TIME TRYING THE HARDEST IS THE WAY TO GO [even if that's NOT your conscious thought]😡😡😡