When You Are Discouraged

\”𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴\”?

A friend of mine asked me this question recently.

I couldn’t answer the question directly, I had to ask her what she was feeling discouraged about. Before she told me, I took out time to ponder on this question.

While pondering, I realized that discouragement is a choice. You can choose to be discouraged and you can choose not to be discouraged.

Discouragement most times comes from a situation that occurred; bad or good one.
In the world we are in, there will always be a bad or good situation.

The sole aim of every situation is not to get us discouraged but we can wrongly interpret it to be that.

It is important to know; how you interpret a situation determines your action.
We should not allow situations to define us. If we did, we would be tossed like the waves in the sea.

When a situation defines you, it makes you lack direction. You might feel discouraged about a situation but living with it makes you stagnant in disguise.

Always know that when you feel discouraged, there is a way to be encouraged and there is also a way to bring your courage back.

A situation is just an event. It is up to you to not let it bring you down, learn from it, get stronger, and keep moving.

Most times, discouragement comes from our thoughts. You will always be discouraged when you think or look on the negative side of every situation.

Your DEFINITION of any SITUATION determines your ACTION.

Filter your thoughts to always look for the positive in every situation you face.

The reason why I rarely feel discouraged is because I TRUST God, I TRUST the process and I THINK of the bright side of every situation.

I hope this is helpful to someone who feels discouraged out there.