Mental toughness is so Illusive

You've probably heard someone say, “When the going gets tough the tough get going”. Now there even was a song about it just to ensure that this theme got stuck in your brain by Billy Ocean. However, how one defines mental toughness is really more crucial than being mentally tough. What am I getting at? Well, with a very full plate theses days with two jobs, a third baby on the way, wanting to be a agent of change in my city, and concerns about the direction of our world. Its quite easy to either want to fold completely, escape to escape-ville, or try to add another 4.2 hours onto a already crowded 24 hour a day .

I've discovered of recent that mental toughness or the ability to stay focused under looming pressure has been somewhat illusive. I don't know if it’s because the combo pack of life’s' load presses me in ways that I’ve never experienced before or simply because I’m not lifting with my legs. At any rate mental toughness has recently become a concept to tinker with and reassess personally. Here are my thoughts on mental toughness in process.

• Is it gritting and bearing under overwhelming pressure pressing to get it all done before I hit the pillow?
• Is it shutting off the sensors that warn you of pain or negative impact on relationships?
• Is it taking one thing at a time at a pace that won't accomplish a ton but just a little each day?
• Is it faking like you are all good when inside its all wrong?

Well I've come to the end of this thought with a keen awareness that I would like to be more mentally tough, duh. Also that metal toughness looks different I'm sure for all of us but I do think that there are some unhealthy models of it that we praise much more than we should. My conclusion is that mental toughness comes by way of learning to properly shoulder the load of life while maintaining a posture of joy, faith, patience, and perspective.