I find life has a tendency to respond to our behaviour. If we genuinely ask for difficulty and challenges, we typically get difficulty and challenges. If we ask for simplicity and contentment, we typically get that as well. The interesting thing is that if we ask for nothing and just go with the flow, well, we face trials of some sort anyway.
The question, then, is not whether we go through trials or challenges, because, we all do. The question is if we ask for and push for trials just slightly above our current level of ability i.e. if we are attempting to box slightly above our weight category.
At the end of the day, if trials, like problems, are a certainty, we might as well be proactive and ensure we are working on problems we do want to solve.. and hopefully, problems we learn and grow from.
Yes, we don’t control everything that happens to us but then again, we often tend to understate the amount of control we really have.
A Learning a Day 