What is mental toughness? Well, if you are going to search it on the internet, you will stumble upon on different kinds of definition. But for me, when you talk about mental toughness, this is the ability to endure and persevere during high pressure situations in order to perform at maximum potential.
Having this kind of ability enables the individual to overcome life’s obstacles. Maybe you are wondering right now how a person acquires this kind of ability. If you’re going to ask me, probably I will say that you need to embrace difficulties that may come into your way. Though it’s not easy but trust me, it will benefit you in the end. Because what does not kill you makes you stronger.
Anyway, some of us are afraid to face difficult situations, and usually end up avoiding the problem or denying it. That is why some of us also do not succeed in life. So, it is really a must for us to be mentally tough, not just for us to succeed but also in order to maintain our sanity. Life’s pressure can break you if you are not tough enough.
I wrote this topic because early this morning, I realized how mentally tough I am. That my mental toughness is very strong, I came to this realization because early this morning I had to face a very challenging obstacle. That is, I had to take care of my grandmother that is demented. It’s not a new thing to me, since I started taking care of her 2 years ago but the challenging part here is that I really need to clean her up early in the morning because there is a poop in her diaper. After cleaning the poop, I bathed her. Then after, I had to hand washed her clothes (we don’t have a washing machine that’s why I need to do it manually.) Prior to that, last night I had to go out at around 3am in the morning to close the main switch of the water pipe because one of our water pipes got broke. I also changed her diaper that night because it has a poop in it.
It was a very tiring day you know, and it made me realize that I’ve been doing this already for almost 2 years (taking care of my grandmother while studying). So, it really made me think how mentally tough I am. Maybe GOD purposely gave me this kind of endurance in order for me to keep my sanity.
I know someday all of this will pay off, and I think GOD has a better plan. I think GOD purposely gave me these challenges in order for me to be mentally tough and emotionally tough as well.
So, for you that is reading this… Be Strong! Be mentally tough! Endure the pain and don’t give up on life!
To be and to last.
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