Unrest of Spirit

"Unrest of spirit is a mark of life; one problem after another presents itself and in the solving of them we can find our greatest pleasure.

Karl Menninger

We're always saying to ourselves "Wouldn't it be great if there were no problems in our lives; if everything went smoothly? In fact, it would be boring. It would be no fun. We don't often realize that having problems is fun. That's because we are focused on the problems and not on their solutions. It not having the problems that is fun, it is solving them. It is when we dwell on the problem itself, examining it and trying to figure out why it happened, that we get angry and fed up and anxious and frustrated. These draining feelings happen because we are looking at the problem in the wrong way.

If our spirit wasn't restless, we would never be growing or changing. We would never get anywhere or do anything significant. It is our problems that encourage our spirits to grow, to change for the better, to accomplish great things. So often the greatest feats are born out of the biggest problems. We should actually be celebrating our problems. They are what gives us a chance to prove our capabilities and to grow into better people. The solving of them gives us our greatest pleasures.

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