Write a funny experience you have experienced or a difficult situation you got out of, using your wits. You may include the following guidelines: 1) What was the memory? 2) Why is the memory so special? 3) How do you feel thinking about it even now? 4) What have you learnt? [Write in about 350 words].
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If you have lived any number of years, you know that life is full of ups and downs. We all experience difficult times in our lives. You may be experiencing the death of a loved one, dealing with a job loss or adjusting to a life change, such as a move or divorce. Sometimes life isn’t what you want it to be. That’s why writing about difficult times is an important part of your life story.
What Tough Times Say about You
Hard times can mean different things to different people. And coping with difficult times is never easy. But as the adage goes, that which doesn’t break you makes your stronger. Each time you endure a difficult time in your life, you build personal character. And it is this character that will carry you toward the good times to come—and give you more strength for the next time you experience a tough period in your life.
Character matters during tough times. When you are able to step back and look at a situation, you can form more rational thoughts. You’ll know that what you are feeling is temporary. Tomorrow you will feel a little better, and the day after that, and the day after that. Each time you live another day, you become one day further from the painful event and one day closer to a more positive life.
Pain is a part of life, and that pain helps you grow into a more well-rounded and mature individual who is more capable of handling the ups and downs in life. But getting through that pain is all about mindset, and it is about choice. You can choose to wallow in an extended period of grief or despair, or you can choose to allow yourself to do that for a short, or specified, time and then move ahead with your life. The important thing is to give yourself the time to work through your normal human emotions without getting too stuck in any one phase of grief or loss.
Finding Faith in Difficult Times
Surviving a difficult time is truly a choice. It is the most difficult times in our lives that truly test our faith—whether that faith is in God, Jesus, Allah, Buddha, a person or people, or the world in general. We may think that we are alone in the world dealing with our problem or that no one understands what we are going through. Rest assured that someone somewhere has experienced what you are experiencing, perhaps right now.
You have a wide variety of resources available that can help you through your difficult time. Some resources are free, while others may have an expense. It’s important to choose the right resource for you. Here are a few resources to get you started.
Support groups
Counsellor, psychologist, psychotherapist
Clergy member
Faith leader
Online resources
Self-help books, audio tapes
A good friend or family memberFrom Tough Times to Good Times
When enduring a difficult time in your life, it’s important to acknowledge and accept that you can’t control everything in your life. You can’t control the economy, which might affect your job. You can’t control another person’s health, which means they might not be with you for as long as you would have liked. And you can’t control whether or not another person loves you.
What you can control is your reaction to the situation. While it’s completely acceptable and normal to go through a grieving process for any type of loss, at some point you’ll need to point your feet forward and continue on. After all, life is for the living. We only have one life here on earth, so we need to make it count. You won’t want to end your life with regrets of wasted time and missed opportunities.
Another part of the healing process is to take inventory of the good things in your life. There is always, always something to be thankful for. So, what are you grateful for? Are you thankful for other people in your life, for someone else’s success or for your own health? Or perhaps you can start with something simple. You can be thankful for the beautiful sunrise, for the bird singing outside your window or for a funny television show that made you laugh. Taking stock of the smaller things in life can help you get through the tough times. As you move through your grief and recover, you’ll eventually discover the bigger things in life to be thankful for.
It’s also important to try and stay positive during tough times. Here are a few more stress-releasing ideas that may help you feel better, even temporarily:
Take a walk
Go for a run
Exercise (get sweaty)
Breathe slowly
Turn up the music
Sing a song
Read a book
Watch a movie
Scream out loud (preferably in your house alone)
Try some creative writing
Get out in the world
Make something
Do a home improvement project
Take a class or workshop
Practice yoga
Learn a new skill or hobby
Staying busy