Often, I have heard so many persons use this phrase "I was born ready" or this next phrase "I got this". To me, I feel that these sayings are just to condition the mind and make it believe what we want it to. These phrases aren't wrong in themselves but they are dependant on the preparedness of the one speaking.
Do you believe that things come into our lives when we are ready for them or do we adapt to what life throws at us?
Both questions above have no polar answers. I believe that so many factors come into play that places one at the end of each pedestal. I do believe that things come into our lives when we are ready for them, depending on how prepared we are to show matter of factly that we are ready.
A sprinter prepares day and night on a track just trying to prepare for the Olympics or whatever competition there is. Such a runner does not get overwhelmed when he or she wins because they prepared for it well in advance. Same goes for a student who needs to pass an examination. If such a student is not prepared, there is no way they can be ready to hit the mark of success.
It is considered an aberration for a dad to buy a car for his two year old son and then hands him the car keys saying "Son, now you can drive yourself to school". At that age, the boy is not ready to handle the technicalities of a car rather he should be learning how to ride a bicycle with training wheels on! Handing the car keys to a boy of such a young age is expressly setting him up for an accident and this is all because he is not ready yet.
Adaptation is one of the characteristics of every living thing and this is solely for survival. When one is not prepared or is not yet ready for something, that individual learns to adapt to the current situations of life per time.
Despite our beautiful and lofty dreams about what we want to achieve and the plans put in place to ace them, life shows up and tosses away every little plan of ours. So what do we do then?:* Do we sit and mourn over the haopenings of life...? No! I usually say;
"When life thows you a lemon, you make a lemonade out of it".
Do you think we can be completely ready and prepared for something or is that impossible?
In as much as life remains a constant, I dare say that no one can be completely prepared for anything 100% and this is because all tgings are not equal. We do not live in a fairy tale land where the ill treated pretty girl always meets a prince, gets married and lives happily ever after, no, we live in a world where life has the power to throw us off our horses even when we claim to be "holding the reins" tightly.
Those going through a divorce might have prepared themselves mentally and emotionally but nothing prepares them for the searing feeling that washes over them once the judge declares them divorced.
Same goes for lovebirds who want to get married. Despite the amount of rehearsals and prep talks geared at preparing them for the d-day, the bride still feels butterflies in her tummy while the groom seems to catch cold feet.
It is not seemingly impossible to be totally ready, (impossible is a string word) but I'm of the belief that a person can be prepared as much as they can but eventually they'll have to do life and put themselves out there to get their desired outcome. The outcome would then show their level of preparation.
In a nut shell, preparation breeds readiness for whatever we want, anything else is done on impulse and the results might not be pleasant. Then again, when we have done our best in being ready and yet do not have what we desire, then adaptation is the next sure thing.
Thank you for reading... shalom.