How to Embrace Life's Challenges | Xandria Ooi | HER Network |
Description: Xandria Ooi is a Happiness Advocate. She creates daily videos to inspire and motivate people to practice a happy and positive mindset with simple, easy-to-understand concepts and reminders. Subscribe to her channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/xandriaooi HER Network is NOT SPONSORED. It's an online network I created bringing together strong, passionate and like-minded women, driven by the same vision of wanting to support other women across the world to be the best version of themselves from inside and out. Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/joannasohofficial for exciting content every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. "We aim to offer you meaningful content that will continue to add value in your life. The videos will range from health & fitness, food, lifestyle, beauty, fashion, travel, life guide, parenting, and more." Stay connected and follow us: HER Network: https://www.hernetwork.tv https://www.facebook.com/hernetwork.tv https://www.instagram.com/hernetwork.tv XANDRIA OOI http://xandriaooi.co/ https://www.instagram.com/xandriaooi/ https://www.facebook.com/xandriaooi/ https://www.youtube.com/user/xandriaooi Joanna Soh http://joannasoh.com/ https://www.instagram.com/joannasohofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/joannasohofficial/ https://www.youtube.com/user/joannasohofficial https://twitter.com/Joanna_Soh ________ When you're having a bad day, you're having a good day because it is life's way of telling you to grow. In our quest to be better people, to live with not just intelligence but wisdom, it is impossible that life doesn't throw us challenges. Because how can we grow if not through lessons and experiences? The term "comfort zone" exists because we are, to a huge extent, aware that our comfort zone stops us from growing. But what may not be excessively clear is that our comfort zone, although very comfortable, does not necessarily bring us happiness. This is why even when everything's catered to our whims and fancy, we can still be unhappy. It's almost mind-boggling how one can be so comfortable yet so unhappy. This shows that the discomfort of challenges doesn't actually mean that we're less happy. In fact, most of us feel such a sense of purpose when we learn something valuable. We gain so much knowledge and experience through the most difficult and heartbreaking times of our lives. Taking the path of least resistance doesn't give us more happiness, because no matter what path we take, the world will still continue throwing challenges at us to help us. We can either embrace the lessons that each challenge carries, or we can resist them and fight each step of the way. It's precisely because the world does not keep still that if we want to hold on to being comfortable, if we want to resist growth, then we'll have to get used to the unhappiness of life. Life doesn't change - we change. And the world helps us change. Is this a good life? Or is this a bad life? Everyone's answer can be different, but what is the absolute truth, is that life is what you make of it. If we can learn to be grateful for the opportunities that challenges bring, it means we are learning how to be happy, always. Outfit by Love Bonito: https://www.lovebonito.com 
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