October 18, 2026
The Trap: Accepting The Struggle As Your Identity

I believe many fall into this trap of accepting that their life is just hard and not everyone can do amazing things. Here is the thing, your identity starts with two words "I Am". What follows after defines how you see yourself. In life struggle is ever present both in small and larger degrees. The question is: Are you using it or is it using you? I would bet that most would say it uses them and because of that their identity is formed around the very thing designed to awaken something inside you. The sad truth is instead of being awakened it stays asleep. So how do we use the struggle and awaken the sleeping giant within you? We must first acknowledge it and embrace what is hard. Then the very thing it is taking from us, we flip the script and start using. This power revolves around one very important aspect: Change. 


Change is ever present in our lives from the time we are conceived yet so few of us flow with change.
Instead we run away from it and resist the very power residing within it.


The trick here is realizing that growth, strength, and progression all develop from pressure. Think of a diamond, it is formed under pressure. The diamond would not form without the struggle of immense pressure. There is a diamond in you! Are you ready to break free from the trap and claim your true identity? One of uniqueness by design. If so then the first step is to accept and open your mind to the opportunities within what is hard to do. My three books from the Empowering Perspective series dive into this from three directions,


Thoughts, Perspective, and Creating.


https://matthew-lawrence-scigousky-author.com/series/an-empowering-perspective-3-book-series