Tough moments are here to make us tough. They make us value and cherish the good times. Tough moments require tough decision. To get out of every tough moments, your decision has to be tougher than your current situation. Sometimes when I see giving up as the only option available in a tough moment, I sit and look back at other trying moments I have overcome in the past, the joy I felt overcoming them, then I ask myself, "what if this tough moment was to end the next day but I already gave up today". Whose loss would that be?. I help myself realise that tough moments are designed to come and go but death is designed to come and stay till eternity (so assurance of coming out of any difficult situation is higher than it is with death). This thought alone brings back hope, no matter how tiny the hope may seem, am rest assured that the tough moment will definitely leave one day and I can get back to the moment of happiness once again.
In a situation you think the difficult time is just too powerful and is going to drown you, you can use the below tips or call it tricks to overcome the depressing effect of difficult times, and re-kindle the fading hope in you
TIPS TO KEEP YOUR HOPE ALIVE :
1. Practice Resilience:
Resilience is the ability to adapt or recover from difficult situation. When you have resilience, you gather the inner strength that helps you
rebound from a setback or challenge. You wont let any situation get the best part of you. You'll understand that problems and challenges are all part of life, and we must learn to live with and overcome them. Always try to keep this ringing in your head " When the going gets tough, the tough gets going". This will make you see life from another perspective.
2. Learn something from your past Failures:
Failure is a motivation on its own, its all depends on what perspective we dwell upon. When we fail at some point in life and we are able to overcome, we feel joyous. Now, that's the lesson, "Never give up". If you had given up at that point in time when you overcome, the you wouldn't have felt what it feels like to overcome that situation. Lets your previous triumph over difficult times, be a force that keeps your going in your current situation. Say to your self , " if i can overcome this then, then i can overcome this now". Stay positive with this and watch your hope being revived.
3. Set up a Plan:
Rome wasn't built in a day, same way you should understand that all your troubles cant just end suddenly. Its take strategic planning and commitment to overcome various challenges in life, which is why you have to plan. Planning will make climbing the stair a lot easier, than waiting for the solution to arrive suddenly. Situations sometimes are like big rocks, its harder to carry as a whole but a lot easier when its being broken to pieces. Plan your difficult situation as easy as possible, smaller steps leads to big ones. Don't look at how long it will take you to achieve what you want, just focus on your progress and watch the situation slowly fade away.
4. Seek Help:
If you tried all this, and still find out that you cant help your situation, you might need to seek help from other. Try to find someone you can trust, share your experience with them, pour out you feelings. Even if they cant proffer a solution to your problem, finding someone you can talk to about how you feel can go a long way in bringing back your hope. At least, you'll know you are not all alone by yourself in your problem.
Anytime you look around you and feel all hope is lost and gone, turn back and look inside of you, you are the only hope left for yourself after others. You decide if you want to keep this last hope or just toss it away. But I tell you, never toss this last hope away for anything in the world. If there's anything you should guard, it is this hope , because it can either make or mar your life. Always believe in yourself and let the HOPE in you always stay ALIVE.