I can't travel this road alone, I need you to change my tone

Life; don't you wish it were easier at times? I know I do. But if it were easy would it be worth it? Think about it, if everything just came easy to you, would you be truly satisfied? I know I wouldn't. People that know me know that I am one of the least motivated people on the planet, but when I am actually motivated, I am willing to go to hell and back to get what I want. The harder the battle; the more satisfying the victory.

There are many things in life that are difficult. They can be difficult in different ways: physically, emotionally, or mentally. Hard, physical labor is always a pain in the ass, but when the projects done, don't you feel more satisfied at what you just accomplished. But physical challenges are probably the easiest of the three, granted there not easy, but mental and emotional obsticals can seem daunting and impossible.

Those mental challenges are difficult. It's one thing to over come some physical challenge, but to overcome a mindset that you can't is more difficult. The "I can't" thought process is a killer. It's hard to overcome, but if you don't overcome it, then you will never live. You've got to throw yourself 100% at overcoming the mindset. "I can't pass this class" "I can't get a girl like here" "I can't do it." Those sayings are excuses, right? Well yes, but no. See they are excuses, but not in the simple form. It's an excuse not to try, but it's a mindset keeping someone from being able to try. It's a barier that needs to be shattered. The "I can't" belief comes from a fear of failure, a fear of letting himself or others down. But I implore you to start thinging this instead, "Who cares?" Who cares if you fail. You have to fail in order to succeed. Without failure, there's nothing to motivate us to success. Stop being afraid of failure and embrace it. Use it as a motivator. I don't want to fail, I want to succeed, but you can't succeed unless you make an attempt. Giving up because of the fear of failing is an even bigger failure than trying and failing. You'll never know til you try, so overcome the fear of failure and just give it your all. Overcome those mental blocks telling you that you can't do it, and just do it. (copyright Nike cooperation)

Ah yes, now it's part three of the 5 paragraph essay format this blog is shaping into. Those emotional challenges. These are the hardest to overcome, at least in my humbly out-spoken opinion. Challenges at an emotional level just screw with everything. They wear on you physically and mentally. People lose sleep, get sick, or even can't function when going through emotional stress. Whether it's as serious as a huge break-up or a death, to the smaller things like a girl that gives you butterflies in your stomach or someone moving away from you. These are all emotional challenges needed to overcome. Now i feel like I'm repeating myself, but you overcome these with help from your friends. They'll be there for your support, whether it's playing roller hockey for 5 hours after your grandma's funeral to take your mind away, or them giving you the strength and encouragement to tell that girl how you really feel. Friends are one of the most valuable things in life, and a good one is something hard to find. So don't be afraid to ask your friends for some help, if they're true friends they'll be glad to help. And to tie this paragraph with my theme, and that's difficult challenges, I shall add some filler. Emotional challenges are the most difficult to conquer. Depending on the situation, there's different ways to approach it. Sometimes, you have to find a distraction for even just a little bit. But you have to attack it head on. It's hard to accept death, and the way to deal with it is not to forget, but to remember. Remember the good times, remember why that person was important to you. You may have some tears, but in the end, you'll smile. Memories are a precious thing. And when it comes to that tricky thing called love, you have to lay it all out on the line. Let it all hang out, just have to overcome the difficulty of being vulnerable, like my last blog talked about. So read that...

Life is full of challenges that need to be overcome. But these challenges make life worth living and make us stronger. We have to take chances, and overcome the fear of failure. We cannot truly succeed if we fail. And when we do succeed in the face of failure, life is much more satisfying.

Here's my point summed up, Bobbo Style: