Obstacles In Overcoming Adversity

Adversity and hardships come in many different forms within our world today and everyone can experience them. Adversity can be described as difficulties or misfortune and some size of adversity can be dealt with everyday. I have experienced multiple situations that can be described as misfortune and have been able to overcome all of the obstacles thrown my way. An example of a difficult time I have experienced was the passing of my father. Although I have overcome the initial hit of this unfortunate event, I deal with the hardship of being without my father on a daily bases. Losing someone that was once a significant part of ones life is a form of adversity that can never truly be healed; however, it is possible to reach acceptance of the situation and that I have done. I was able to overcome the sadness of losing my father as well as all other forms of adversity by undergoing the following steps: allowing my feelings, reminiscing, and moving on. Allowing my feelings is an …show more content…
Remembering the good times of the past will help one focus on being thankful for the time they had with someone, rather than on the times they will not get to experience with them. However, when it comes to other forms of adversity reminiscing must also be paired with a change of focus in order to be beneficial to overcoming the hardships. To put it in another way, one must remember the past but also focus on the future in order to realize why the situation they are in is considered difficult, and what they want to accomplish when they overcome. For instance, when one is dealing with financial adversity they must remember the past to figure out how they found themselves in a state of struggle, but they must also focus on what they will do differently to make sure this doesn’t occur in the future. In all forms of adversity, remembering the past can either provide peace and/or