Thanks for asking this. One lesson I have learned is that when things get challenging, most people assume that the situation will only get more challenging. For instance, if you are running a marathon and start to tire at mile 22, your mind may be telling you that it's time to slow down, start walking, or even drop out. Your mind may reason that if you are tired at mile 22, you will be more tired at mile 23. However, this is often not the case. Most humans underestimate their limits. What happens if you keep running and don't slow down? Will you collapse?dorebri2020 wrote: ↑12 Jul 2019, 07:23 I honestly have so many questions I would like to ask, but I primarily want to know how you found the will to keep fighting in the face of so many issues. I know I would not have had the determination to do so.
Rarely do we test our true limits, mentally or physically. To the extent that you push yourself incrementally further at whatever pursuit you are in, you explore your limits and mentally expand them. In the marathon example, your mind may not be able to conceive continuing to mile 26, but what if you can get to mile 23. Once you get there, can you get to mile 24, and so on.
When I was in the midst of my Woodland Meadows struggles, my goal was to simply get thorough each day. I knew that I could do that. By getting through each day for weeks, months and years, eventually I survived.