Standing alone doesn’t mean you are alone. It means that you are strong enough to handle things by yourself.

How many times have you tried to handle whatever circumstances you might be coping with on your own?

When you make a choice to do this, do you make the choice because there is no one else to turn to, or do you do it because you know in your heart, that by facing down these circumstances, you have a greater likelihood of succeeding if you summon the courage to stand up to adversity.

People make the choice to tackle problems in many ways. Some turn to others for support, while other people are more inclined to sequester all material internally in order to process whatever it is that they need to do and then ultimately act upon that.

When we are fully capable and autonomous, finding the opportunity to dig within and grow stronger as a direct consequence, is perhaps one of the best opportunities that life may throw at you.

In this choice, we are given ample opportunity to summon all of our respective skills and utilize them in ways that we initially might not have felt capable of doing.

Our inner desire to solve, conquer, or work our way through whatever is leaning heavily upon us, gives us cause and ample ammunition to leverage our respective suite of capabilities to our best advantage.

Each and every time that we are given such an opportunity, we are not only solving the immediate problem at hand, but we are also assimilating our collective strength into a ongoing thought process, which is perhaps one of our single most important resources in life.

In that regard, our determination to bring resolution to our current issue at hand, forces our actions in ways that we might not have initially engaged in, such that we might be willing and/or capable of prevailing under the most demanding of circumstances.

While facing the most significant of consequences with complete knowledge of our capabilities, we become all the more willing and desirous of not expecting nor seeking external help to come to our aid or rescue.

While it is healthy to engage with others and collaborate through the resolution of particular issues, it is equally important that we own these problem-solving skills at an early age, so that regardless of what life puts in our path, we are all the more ready, willing and capable of prevailing in the face of all adversity.

Happy Saturday!