Why Do We Have Problems?

Why are there so many problems in life? Why have so many things gone wrong? Believe it or not, we are supposed to have problems—life would not be normal without them!

Have you ever had the feeling that the reason you were born was for the purpose of being nature’s punching bag? This can be asked as a generic, rhetorical question because nearly, if not absolutely, everyone has had these thoughts at sometime in his or her life, probably more than once. But this is not so; in fact, it is one of the excuses we can catch ourselves repeating to ourselves.

Take a look around you. Look at the people driving their cars up and down the streets. Look at the homes in your neighborhood and imagine the people residing in them, at the shoppers in the stores and others at work there and in other workplaces. What are they doing? Of course, if the answer involves their tasks at hand, a different answer can be offered for each individual.

Yet the true answer can be conveyed in one simple statement: All these people and all others—whatever their tasks at hand—are solving problems.

Think about it. Nearly everything you do—every simple chore, or even unconscious move you make—is to solve a problem.

You pick up milk at the local convenience store. Problem: You are about to run out of milk at home, which means no cereal, no milk for the kids to drink with their afternoon snack, and whatever else you use it for. You pick up a pen to write. Problem: the pen is not in your hand in the position to perform that function.

This is the point: Whatever you choose to do in life, wherever you go, in whatever circumstances you find yourself, you where born to solve problems.

Only the strong survive. What does it take to be strong? A heart that will not quit? A strong constitution? Certainly, those factors can help. But in these days of relentless emotional and psychological pressures- when stress is blamed for every malady from chronic depression to cancer, - there emerge some new strength factors. Once you have come to the conclusion that problems are not bad and view them as challenges, then you are in control.

You need to believe in yourself. Worry and self-criticism are mentally fatiguing. Give yourself pep talks, and make sure you are satisfied with your live and actions. Reflect on your mission in life. Who and what are most important to you? When you have a strong sense of inner direction, you will bring more energy to everything you do. Change can do the body some good. To unlearn the constrained way of living your life...and to expose yourself to variety, stimulating alternatives and change. Being able to focus on the positive aspects of change- the opportunities and fresh energy that result from change.

You can overcome many defeating problems by concentrating on the present rather than dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. The present is the only moment during which you can experience happiness-or misery- and the only moment which you have any control. It is important to understand that feelings are reactions over which you have control. You choose your thoughts, and you are the sum total of these choices. You need to take charge of your emotions by choosing the thoughts to which you react.

Oh, and one more thing: I am going to be so presumptuous here as to suggest that heartfelt prayer can work wonders in these situations . . .

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