On The Journey

Episode 6: Challenges & Obstacles: Lessons from Adversity & Turning Challenges into Avenues for Spiritual Growth

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Every challenge and obstacle in life is meant to serves as a catalyst for spiritual growth and an opportunity to transform and elevate our lives. When we face difficulties, it's important to view them not as setbacks, but as tests that come to teach us something, bring the best out of us and shape our character. By embracing challenging situations with acceptance, patience, faith, humility and gratitude, we can uncover the valuable lessons they impart. Acceptance is key, as resisting the difficulties only amplifies our suffering. Instead, recognising and understanding what each situation is meant to teach us allows us to grow spiritually and emotionally, ultimately attracting and manifesting the positive outcomes we desire out of life.


In this episode we explore how to harness the power of challenges and obstacles to fuel our spiritual transformation and personal development.


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What You Will Learn:

  • [00:01] Intro and a recap of the previous episodes
  • [00:46] How to deal with challenges and obstacles in life   
  • [02:15] Accepting tough situations gracefully 
  • [03:36] How to respond to situations with understanding what it brings out of us
  • [05:41] Patience and having faith for the best 
  • [06:25] Practicing gratitude even in the midst of challenges 
  • [07:18] Forgiveness and letting go of resentment 
  • [08:08] A quick recap of the episode
  • [09:11] Ending the episode 


Standout Quotes:

  • “Think of challenges as tests that you need to pass and lessons that you need to learn and transform yourself spiritually.” [01:47]
  • “Sometimes a lot of pain comes because we thought that a certain situation or person would stay or be a certain way.” [02:47]
  • “We never question when good things happen to us; we accept them so easily; accepting the so not great things is equally important, and may as well accept them gracefully.” [03:12]
  • ‘’Don't let a person or a situation bring out the worst in you; don't give anyone the power to destroy that inherent goodness in you.” [05:13]
  • “Sometimes we just need to have more patience and faith that the best will happen; Just because it does not happen today or at our terms, doesn't mean it's never going to happen.” [06:08]

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Listen to SJK’s songs: 

"Universe Within" on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/universe-within/1767222410?i=1767222419

"Universe Within" on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/album/22KyMowWInaF1qOD2zW6bs?si=EaU30r1vRCOb2OtPBz4Ttg&nd=1&dlsi=b99ecbb6833d4123

Link to the Exercise 4 spreadsheet Format: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WCWg2aLRCGwC_XyPyhVg69TLuywuL7eZzL_RLv96MXA/edit?usp=sharing