Using Your Weakness

When facing any obstacle, we are told to lean into our strengths and use them to solve our problems.

While that may be the most efficient way to find solutions, focusing on our strengths is easy.

Using our weaknesses is hard, but it will always lead to growth.

Perhaps you lack understanding in a subject in school. You’re tasked to write a long paper and you want to take the easy route.

“I know so much about space. I’m a space fanatic. I will write my paper about space.” There’s the easy A you’re searching for.

What if you dove deeper? What if you researched and wrote about plants, music, race relations, sports? This push to learn something new makes you stronger and may even lead you in the right direction. Before you know it, you’re a plant expert and you’re starting your own local plant nursery.

I’ll admit, sometimes the easy option is worth taking, but more times than not, a push towards your weakness can lead to a much higher reward.

Only using your strengths is eliminating an important
part of yourself, your untapped potential.

Certain parts of ourselves that may underdeveloped or unknown gives us an opportunity to adapt, listen, learn and get uncomfortable so we can grow. It may be the hard choice, but you can do hard things!

I challenge you to sit in moments of weakness. Hold your head high. Block out limiting beliefs, and trust that your whole self is worthy of growth. We are whole and we are worthy.