5 Astounding Ways to Believe in Yourself When it’s Going Hard in Life

1. Problems are Weather, not Climate.

When you hit a rough weather in life, it becomes important that you remind yourself that problems are temporary, but YOU are permanent. Your existence is unimpeded by any problem, howsoever large it may seem now. Because like a dusty wind, this too shall pass, AND thou shalt prevail like a climate.

2. Observe Your Mind Instead of Forcing it for Positive Thinking.

When life hits you with bricks, as Steve Jobs said, don’t lose faith. It becomes important that you do not lose the composure of your mind. You should also not go for excessive positive thinking because it will not solve the problem, only avoid it for sometime.

The Buddhist monks practise the state of Samata — that means a state of your mind where you maintain equilibrium by observing your mind, without resisting your thoughts.

Resistance of thoughts catalyze their Persistence.

4. Believe in Your Strength to Heal.

It is said when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. And, believe me, you are way tougher than you think. We tend to underestimate our strength. Hence, trust your innate strength to heal with time.

5. Do Not Rush to Find Out the Ultimate Solution.

Hey! Relax! Please understand that you are not in a state to see the complexity of your problem in its entirety.

When we are bombarded with overflowing thoughts in the midst of a chaos, it becomes compelling to confine ourselves to our rooms and brood in isolation. But wait! You are going to do the opposite. Take a walk in the park. Breathe in deep and exhale out. When you take a breath of fresh air in the park, you become expansive like the vastness of the universe.