Lie to me that you do not have your own weaknesses, too. I tell you, every individual on the planet earth is an embodiment of strengths and weaknesses.
Strengths in this context are positive and valuable attribute or qualities of a human being. Weaknesses on the other hand are not always negative but could be inadequate or defective qualities of a human being.
As humans and individuals, we tend to focus and pay more attention to our weaknesses more than we do our strengths, that is why it is more pronounced. Whereas, the strengths embedded in every individual double their weaknesses.
There are various kinds of weaknesses; a man could have physical weaknesses which could be inborn or as a result of an accident/incidence, it could be habitual weaknesses like laziness, dirtiness and gluttony. We also have psychological, mental, emotional, medical and many more.
Irrespective of the various kinds of weaknesses in an individual, such individual is still full of strength. The list of strengths in human beings goes on and more than that of weaknesses.
How the society mounts pressure on people, especially the young ones, painting their weaknesses to them daily.
The loudest voice in the society is never that of accolades, but the voice, "you can't, you can't", "you don't have this, you don have that". For crying out loud, can just stop the criticism and start to focus on the strengths of the individuals? It will do us a lot of good.
Now, let us dive into how an individual can deal with his/her weaknesses.
To deal with your weaknesses, you need to be conscious of each of it. There is need for you to realize your weaknesses but they should not be your ultimate focus. That is why I said you should make a list of your weaknesses yesterday, since no one can know you more than yourself.
Your focus should be on your strengths. The more you develop your strengths, the more your weaknesses leave you. People who base their attention on strengths are happier, less stressed, and more confident. If you focus on your weaknesses you will always feel depressed and unacceptable by yourself and others. Strengths make us feel strong; weaknesses make us feel weak.
Strengths are usually powerful than your weaknesses. No matter the number of weaknesses you may think you have, they can never outweigh your strength even if it is just one. And that's why we call it strength. Use your strength to overcome your weaknesses instead of focusing on it and talking about it every time.
Let me give you a case study, a girl who has an habitual weakness-laziness is very creative when it comes to writing. Anytime she thinks about write, she says I'm lazy, then she withdraws. The next time she thinks about it, instead of saying, I'm lazy (weakness), she just says I can write, then she gets up and do it, this continues until she starts saying I can do it instead of giving excuses even in doing other things.
Don't forget, everything God has written and said about you is strength. Constantly recite His strengthful words (in the Bible) as you hold on to your strengths.
The summary of it is, keep doing what you can (and what God says you can) do and with time you'll see yourself doing what you couldn't do.
The only way you can overcome your weaknesses is to key to your strength. Shalom.
Assignment: Make a list of your strengths and weaknesses. Then, confess your strengths according to God's words everyday, this makes focus more.
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