So many times in our life we are met with challenge.

It shows up in all kinds of ways. It can cut us to our core. It can even appear to break us.

It’s not about the challenge. It’s never about the challenge. But the challenge deceives us. It makes us think it’s important. That it matters. But the challenge doesn’t matter. It’s only one aspect to life. How else do we learn? How else do we grow? How else do we persevere?

It’s not the challenge that matters. It’s what you DO with the challenge that matters. How you respond to it, choose to build on it or fight it, or step around it.

In ‘Remember the Titans’ a team was built on shaky foundation but was built up to be unshakable and uncompromising. An interconnectedness and strength that was immovable. It wasn’t easy. They were alone in a multitude of haters. But they persevered. How?

One thing that comes to my mind is the power of TEAM. We are stronger by the numbers. Because it is when you are weak that another comes in to make you strong. That when you are afraid, someone can come along and offer you the courage to carry on, with their hand in yours. We were created to connect and support one another. And it’s when we connect and support one another that we are unbeatable!

As you think about the challenges in your life, you might be met by fear, guilt, uncertainty, grief, insecurity, a lack of strength or knowledge; you may have no idea where to turn to!

Now look around your life. Look at your family. Look at your friends. Your co-workers. The mentors in your life. Those you might even look up to, but never spend time with or perhaps you don’t even know them personally.

All around you, there lays connection. Like the journey of life, yours is a road that rises and falls, carries rocks and rivers, wide and  winding just when you got used to the straight and narrow. And on your road, you will find you come along all kinds of intersections along the way, both short and long. Those intersections are there for you, offering you choice, new beginnings, new findings.

You are NEVER ALONE! Every road, every rock, every mountain and waterfall in the journey of your life is there to serve you, support you, challenge you. But you don’t ever have to do it alone.

Remember to see those around you that are in your life and let them be there for you. When challenges arise, and they will, reach out. Draw them close. And do not EVER give in to the challenge. There is purpose in everything that shows up in your life. How will you allow challenge to grow the person you are today?

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

~Ben Sweetland

Whenever you doubt yourself, remember. Remember the Titans.