Do you have Mental Resistance(MR)?

Life is balance and fair at least in the context of average people.It really is.Some will say if life's fair,then what about the people in Africa?In developing countries where they face oppression,famine,diseases,etc..? Well,I must say that's the way it is in life.It is true that no one ask for hardship.External factors beyond our reach and comprehension is something that we as individuals are hardly,if not impossible,able to control unless there is a critical mass amount of people which I've yet to see(In the case of Africa economic infrastructure).So if external factors are not in our control,what can we change? Our mind.Internal belief has done mankind a favor through the ages although external factors were mocking and condemning the individuals but yet,this remarkable individuals were able to achieve what they belief in.People like Dalai Lama who seems to smile at the wrath of the Chinese government,Bill Gates who drop out of the herd(Harvard) and believe he had something great and Albert Einstein who many would claim him to be a genius but in his biography(Einstein: His Life and Universe),I realized that he wasn't born with a genius given mind, unlike what majority thought.His strongest traits was his ability to believe in is his own theory on certain topics of physics amidst all the scathing remarks that was hurled at him and not allowing the masses to influence his reasoning even though at that time he was a nobody! His genuine love for physics and maths,not the attention of people,saw him through.

So how do we acquire the mindset of Great Individuals?

From my perspective,certain things may seem hard to get because we have something in us that we are thinking subconsciously(without realizing) against ourselves: Mental Resistance(MR).Neither it is a good or a bad thing.Just see it an important component that we MUST have in our system.Why do I say that? I believe,without MR,we would kill anybody who made us angry or rape anyone whenever we feel a tinge of sexual urge,just to name a few what human are capable of. Without MR,we would do EVERYTHING and ANYTHING instantaneously without rationality, whenever our mind pop up an image or an idea,be it bad or good.

On the positive side of not having MR in your mind,theoretically,majority of human beings will be extremely rich or successful because they are taking advantage of all the positive energy in them without having any form of MR.Great isn't it? Now,lets take a hard look at this scenario.

Because the entire human race now has the power to utilize their positive energy without any form of MR in them and all are rich,powerful and able to do all the simplest jobs in the world...Who is going to the jobs that doesn't need degrees?Who is willing to do the things that rich and successful people doesn't want to do?Who is going to do the jobs that doesn't require much faith and belief?

In my humble opinion,I see MR as a form of balancing instrument in life. Only those able to surpass their MR are entitled to be someone with power.Maybe it is because people that surpass their MR are normally people with good virtues like positive thinking,honesty,belief,compassionate...and so on.Those minority that have surpass their MR eventually controls the majority that have yet to pass their MR. Imagine if it was the other way around,I presumed life on Earth will be chaos because governments with wrong mindset and beliefs are running the show!

Everyone in the right frame of mind has MR.In a way,it acts like a force in the mind to balance between our emotions,desires,needs,logic,etc...Without MR,if the scale is tip heavily in the Emotions part,then we will cry,scold,love or laugh unnecessarily without any common sense.In a way,MR acts as a catalyst to maintain our sanity.

MR is the reason why we are safe from harm,allow ourselves to have a good reputation among our social circle,keeps our integrity intact,and so on. But it can be bad because most don't know how to harness the MR to their favor,and for the majority,it works against their best interest without them realizing since it is a subconscious trait.,and when this happens,it slows down our progress,or worst,hinders it.

So how do we allow our MR to work in our favor?
Everything and anything starts from the seed.,yours is the mind.
1.Never procrastinate.If you want something go get it.Period.If you want to be mediocre,you can.If you want to be excellent,you can.If there is no time,make time and if there is no way,then you better be firm with yourself and insist on finding a way.
2.You are you.You are not them.They are not you.Even God will judge you as an individual.So why bother worrying about what other people think? Don't follow the
herd.
3.PSP. No,no... not the portable game but,
(i)Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
(ii)Sacrifice is the passion of great souls,has never been the law of societies.
(iii)Persistence have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish

PS: If Barack Obama didn't surpass his MR, he would be telling himself stuff like,"I can't be President because I'm black", "I'm too young" or "I don't want people to think that I'm a hypocrite by promising a change but not doing it." If your heart and mind is one,and you're able to sacrifice other things for that one thing that you really commit to achieve so badly,past individual experiences has showed us that you can if you really believe.

Cheers
Hyzel

"One determined person can make a significant difference; a small group of determined people can change the course of history."

Sonia Johnson