Beyond Frustration, There Lies Reality

Persistence is beyond talent, as the reality of fulfilment is right beyond that last frustration and depression. Sure, as you can tell, this is going to be a major article about life and how to deal with it. So fasten your seat belts on this read, this is going to take you places you need to go, have to go, and give you a sight like you probably have not seen yet of yourself.

 

Sure, we all love to win, but initial losing and doing poorly at first is all part of the training until you do gain proficiency and skill.

 

Do you realize that the most efficient and wonderful value producers started out the most backward and seemingly losing people there were until they reversed their trend and worked at it with persistence, trial, error and realistic overcoming? Sure, I could make this article about "just think positive and you will achieve!", but who needs more of that. Sure, I could make this article an easy one to read. Is life ever easy to experience without work, persistence, and doing something about it, though?

 

Let me answer that question with a loaded "not at all": Sure, we would all love all the advantages and ease without the work, even those great people who genuinely work at it all sometimes want that when they get frustrated and cannot "strike up greatness at their instant command" and have to master it with persistence, hard work and genuine understanding.

 

Even with "all the advantages from birth" work has to be done without exception. Think deeply about that before you go on.

 

My Dad once told me this in essence, many of the exact words, a few I am paraphrasing into proper English, but anyhow it is pretty accurate: "You are gifted son, but I am not going to force them gifts out of you, you have to make the decision to develop those gifts and work at it always. Sure, I could beat the gifts out of you like Michael Jackson and his group of brothers Dad did, but, what would that be worth? A few million or billion dollars at the most in value or dancing on a television or movie screen? I am preparing you for what is real, and worth much more anyway." The words in italics were his exact words as I genuinely remember them. But I had to paraphrase most of what he said, because I remember him using idioms, some inappropriate language and improper English, but the meaning is all there though of what he said to me about this reality, and that is what counts.

 

There are times, like anyone that I wish I could have an easier path than working at it, and persistence. Is there really an easy path though without somehow paying the price for eternal greatness? Even Jesus Christ, Mohandas/Mahatma Gandhi and Gautama Buddha said a resounding never through their actions and work. Nixon, Trump and Bill Clinton said "yes", but look what they did to say "yes": Scandals, headaches, "Wag the Dog" type war pageantry and dirty tricks that involve well-hidden high crimes and misdemeanours. Either way, you or I cannot avoid it: The price for real. After all, it may seem more fun and easy to be phony, but, if you want it for real, you have definitely got to pay the cost without flinching, with full persistence; warts, work and all. That is the final verdict I have on reality. I may feel frustrated at times, indeed, I do not let it get the best of me, I go with that final verdict. 

Article Source: https://EzineArticles.com/expert/Joshua_Clayton/177409  

The Deal, And I Do Not Mean Poker Playing Cards, I Mean Life Itself

Life is a wild card or a "joker card" at best. What I mean is, the greatest opportunities come as seemingly valueless "wild cards" of opportunity that look like work, but really are great opportunities in the finest disguises. When I think about my life, that really is how it has been, opportunities always come dressed in work clothes "looking like a bum" and then ending up the greatest thing of all.

 

As I am writing this article, I am listening to Brian Tracy talk about the Law of Attraction on one of his programs I bought a little while ago. I totally agree with what he is saying in the program, but I would also like to say this: We must recognize opportunity whatever form it may come in, we must be alert always, that is the ultimate mental nutrition in a positive sense. That also means, that we must embrace the "wild cards" of opportunity more than the "aces" and "royal flushes" in life although those more obvious cards may "look better" on the surface, some of the best opportunities to put it the way William Clement Stone put it come as the most horrible problems and you find the best opportunities within them.

 

Most of my family, including my Dad and only sister has left the Earth except for my Mother and a few other family, and I am not married and am not interested in having any children. I mention this not to feel sorry for myself or anything, but, I actually see this all as a genuine opportunity for reliance on myself and the ultimate "joker card" opportunity in life to turn it all around and make things work for myself instead of a "deep liability". I could "cry a tear in my beer over it" and feel genuinely sorry for myself. But, instead I am a "hard-working dud" who does not drink, smoke, "party" or whatever.

 

I genuinely see the opportunities in life and reality for what they are, when they do come. Sure, I complain sometimes, but inside I am always looking for the deep good in everything, and I do mean everything. As is said in a poker game, the wild card worth everything could be anywhere and everywhere, so bluff your style and win the hand as the ultimate opportunity in life always. Who knows, it may be? After all, poker is a realistic game of guts, money management and disciplined looking for and seizing opportunity, and ultimately, so is life. I do not mean be dishonest, I do mean honestly take opportunity, manage well and you will get somewhere great.

 

Sometimes, I mention an old 1983 movie called "Eddie and the Cruisers" and its sequel that came out in 1989. The character Eddie Wilson, said in a line in the original first movie and it predicted the outcome of both the original movie and its sequel that showed what happened after the character Eddie Wilson faked his death in the first movie, that life and existence paths are different from each other, but not better than each other, and that is real and honest, but, I would like to say this: Genuine opportunity comes as a "wild card" that looks like work, it is not better than the "ace", the "two pair" or the "royal flush", just different. People lose and win all the time, whatever the hand. If played improperly, you lose, even if you have a winning hand.

 

If played properly, you win, even if you seemingly have a losing hand. With that said: Life is the deal, and reality is the hand. It does not matter what you get in the deal, it is how you play the whole game properly or improperly. That is the reality