Is Life A Challenge?

I don't think you'll like my answer even though I think I agree with you. lol I don't see life as much of a challenge. Journey, yes. A very long boring journey that never seems to end, definitely. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see the 'challenge' in life. I get up in the morning, I wash, clothe, eat, drive to work, work, drive home, go to bed.... repeat. Where exactly is this 'challenge' at? I would guess that most of the 'challenge' is self created. Someone saying: "I want to be (insert something here)!" and then setting off to hit that goal. But that is only because someone chooses to make that a challenge for themselves. But really life itself doesn't really seem to present much in the way of real challenges. There's no new frontier to see. No big enemy to fight. No dragons to slay. No demons to destroy. We're not joining the crusades to go recapture the holy land or something. No pretty much, you go to your job, doing something boring and repetitive for 8 hours, and go home. So, I'd have to agree with you that life is more like a journey. Like a really long book that should have stopped after the first 15 chapters, but instead has about 70 chapters, with such a badly cliched plot line, as to barely be readable. Well that's my 2 cents from my life. Hope yours is better! Be well :)

i would also say life can be a challenge sometimes, not all the times though as there are times when we are definitely enjoying ourselves, no matter how short it is. but reading the earlier posts before, i would have to rewind and say that my life so far has been quite easy compared to what most have gone through. i can't compare to them at all. although yes, it is all our mindset on what we view as challenges. what some might consider to be a challenge might actually be normal for others.

It all depends on your mindset. Some people just make a challenge out of life as it is all they know, I try to make things easy and just go with the flow. If life is going to be a hardship day to day, then what is the point ? We all face some challenges at certain points in our life but you should not let them rule you and take over.

Life is a journey, each moment we pass here is predestined, fixed by the almighty, we have to follow this track, whether we like it or not, this is as per my faith as a hindu. Well life is certainly a challange, we don't know what will happen the next moment, the world is getting nastier day by day, none else but we are responsible for this.. Thanks for sharing this nice discussion.Best of luck. Professor

I think life is the challenges we confront as we take our journey through the time alloted us by our higher power called life. I guess one can say that, "life is a journey full of challenges as you say and by saying that life is a challenge only focuses on the experiences and not the temporal factors.

Life is a journey full of challenges. I guess everyone faces challenges everyday. It makes us stronger as we face our challenges.

I agree with your thoughts on this issue. Life is certainly a journey, and we never really know where it is going to take us. The path our journey leads us down is often lined with challenges, some bigger than others, but challenges none the less. We have to remember that although these challenges may bring us to our knees at the time, they only serve to make us stronger in the long run. I have learned to try to look at life’s challenges as learning experiences…

The beauty of life is to pass the trials. This is what we called a challenge. We need to be challenge and make us strong. Life really filled with many miseries in life. That is why life has everyday challenge

Life is a journey. Sometimes its uphill and demanding an extra effort. Sometimes its downhill and demanding extra controls so things don't get careless. Sometimes its on the level with little demand but the ease of the journey..Enjoy!

My life is one challenge after another, so I guess I would have to say it is a challenge. I am disabled and even the smallest thing is a challenge. If I were normal, I would probably think that it was a journey with challenges along the way.

Life is both journey and challenge. Life is a journey full of challenges. If life have not challenges it is boring and dull. A life full of challenges keep us aware and active.

Its 200% true...... everyone will agree this...

Hello LovingMyBabies, I think life is journey with challenges. Like in journey you will find traffic jams,barriers in life you will find some bad moments. In journey you will find some scenaries which will please you likewise in life you will find happier moments too.So keep on moving till next station comes.

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IMO Life is a wonderful journey during which I am faced with certain challenges which only serve to strengthen me. However to think of life as a constant challenge I do not agree and as I enjoy life's journey to the fullest I would not feel than way if I was constantly being challenged and having to prove myself.

As a Zen pracitioner, I would say yes, life is a challenge and it is meant to be that way. How else would we learn anything if we don't take up the challenge? A baby needs to walk. He doesn't know why he needs to walk, he just knows he needs to do this, so he (or she) stands up takes a few steps falls once or twice, and still keeps trying, over and over, until he does it. Nature doesn't pull any punches, she does not protect us against pain, she just delivers it to us. In my meditation I have observed pain time and time again, and have had some valuable insights into the nature of my own pain and what can be learned from it. All I can say is that there is more, because life is a journey. If the journey stops then life as we know it has stopped, but there is more, if you accept that that the human being is pure energy, not the body, not the mind, just energy. Science has proved that energy never disappears. So if life is energy, then life never disappears, just moves from one domain to another. So if energy is constantly moving, as it does, then the journey is forever. A journey that isn't a journey to any place at all. I accept the challenge as best I can in my Zen practice, as I would rather be aware that I am on a journey than not be aware. Personally, I wouldn't have it any other way, than the way it is... _Derek

Hi there, I consider my life a challenge. My life's full of hurdles. I am 25 yet suffering from diabetus mellitus already. I have been an insulin dependent for two and hald years and it sucks bigtime... My insulin medicine costs PHP 900 and is only good for two weeks. I don't have a stable job. I am still attending school and hoping to finish by summer (fingers crossed). I have made a lot of mistakes in my life which I am regretting right now. If I can just undo things, i definitely would. but it's too late... :( I feel useless most of the time as I can't do things normal people usually do... sigh.... I hope God would give me the strength to surpass all my predicaments in life...

To me life is a journey where we face many challenges...like any journey some times the way is steep and hard to keep going...and others like a roller coaster where we keep going tripping over every thing and sometimes falling on our faces or our butts and we get hurt...but then also we have the road that is easy to travel thru and we can see the horizon at the other end...this life journey got many different roads! it depends on what road we chose when we are at a fork intercession!

Life is a journey. Sometimes its uphill and demanding an extra effort. Sometimes its downhill and demanding extra controls so things don't get careless. Sometimes its on the level with little demand but the ease of the journey..Enjoy!

We do not know what is ahead of us and as we step forward,we can not choose and we do not know which way and what direction we should go. The challenge in life comes in when we need to weigh decisions, is it right or wrong. The journey starts from the very beginning and continuously as we step forward for the finalized or accepted decision where the conclusion is realized at the end. For me life is a maze, challenges are within as we move along. Life is not a challenge itself when we have done nothing yet to prove it is challenging or is a challenge.