We spend so much of our lives reading books or watching movies and shows about ‘ordinary’ people overcoming massive adversity.
Our heroes who we look up to are usually people who are underdogs in life but still persevere against all odds and hit their goal.
In school, we spend years learning about politicians, activists, and ordinary people who changed history through years of movements or discoveries.
Most of the people we admire had to fight and claw to get into the position they are in today.
No one we’ve ever admired had an easy path without obstacles and adversity, so why do we not rise up to adversity when it’s presented to us?
I think one of the main issues is that when we look at those heroes, we don’t remind ourselves that at one point they were nothing and no one. They didn’t know they were going to be anyone’s hero or heroine, they just were fighting for a live they wanted. We hear about the story in today’s sense where we have all the facts, we know the outcome, we see the impact, and if we’re watching a movie or reading a book – it seems glorious.
But wasn’t glorious. For them, it was probably extremely bland, uncomfortable and frustrating.
This is why most people quit – because the purpose they have to make a change isn’t stronger than the feeling of discomfort or frustration that come when they attempt to actually make the change.
The greatest story we can ever create is the one where someone overcomes adversity. But as we all know, overcoming adversity is not easy or cool at the time. It’s lonely, frustrating, a lot of work, and challenging.
As the age old saying goes, “if it was easy, everyone would be doing it.”
Our heroes were humans. And that means they experienced the exact same feelings, emotions, and fears we do when we come across challenging circumstances.
The only difference is that they kept pushing and trying despite those feelings.
They wanted change more than they wanted to feel comfortable and more than they wanted to feel liked.
Be your own hero.
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