The Art of Challenge

I will not try to convince you to seek challenge, very few want to seek it, Though it is not good that many run from challenge to pursue a comforting life. But I will inform you the truth behind challenge, the results of challenge, and why challenge should be sought after.

How you see greatly influences what you see.

Challenge is only art, if you choose it to be.

Challenge is struggle.

You can see it as suffering.

Suffering is a tool that is also morphed.

In the realm of absolute responsibility we are responsible for all sufferings happening to us.

We are our biggest enemy and our biggest friend.

Keep your enemies close…

If part of you is the enemy and we know the enemy is meant to bring challenge therefore meaning the enemy and yourself play roles of being the art and artist.

Suffering is the pursuit or solving of that challenge.

Now With the clay and the sculptor…

The sculptor has no control over what he sculpts if the piece of clay becomes hardened.

That piece of clay of course being you.

Everyone has seen the person who is hardened and arrogant also quite unkind and quite defensive.

Do not let the cold winds of life make you bitter or cause you to become hardened.

Though when you are malleable you will obviously find that the clay (being yourself) will morph and change in shape greatly.

We must find if our enemy within has good intentions in sculpting a beautiful piece of art.

Remember that the enemy is part of you.

You have absolute choice of what gets shaped and what doesn’t.

It is up to you to use the challenge correctly.

We already know that challenge itself is inevitable, therefore suffering is inevitable.

But every great piece of art took years of struggle and strife to nurture the skill.

A skill that which gives the painter a capability to be able to paint with mastery.

The Intuitive.

Artistry is formed from the suffering. The great artist is a piece of art himself who also has the capability of curating great art.

You cannot create great art without being the art yourself.

All things you generate or do is a representation of who you are.

It is essential that you push yourself beyond the horizon. All people who have nurtured and mastered any skill naturally gains an intuitive in the use of the skill, it makes their performance artful.

It doesn’t have to be painting, sculpting, or writing.

It could be as simple as any skill that takes time and suffering to nurture.

Many don’t realize the artistry of life’s tasks.

So how must you see the challenge?

First with Responsibility, “I put myself here so I must execute perfectly.”

Second with Consideration, “What was the origin of this particular trial, what is the result of this trial going to be?”

Third with Dedication, “Resilience is my great friend, he will help me on this journey.”

Repeat these things to yourself whenever you face a trial.

Every tree must go through a winter, not one, but many winters before it can bear any fruit.

You must look outside of yourself.

Calm sea’s never make great sailors.

If you run away from challenge…

In truth you can run away from challenge but you can never stay away from it.

The more time you give to challenge and suffering the more it will amount to be.

I am sure you do not want to stare at coarse Rocky Mountains of true failure In your death bed.

But I will assure you that because challenge is inevitable, avoiding it will only do worse.

The avoiding of suffering and challenge will bring to a lifelong shame that grows like a weed in a garden.

A Rule of challenge

All great things went through challenge.

Challenge creates great things.

Challenge creates great art.

Because challenge creates great art it must be an art in of itself.

The Art of challenge.

Remember…

Challenge doesn’t make who you are.

You get to choose what challenge makes you to be.