Learn in Low Points

For all the amount of time there is sunshine and blue skies there is time in the shadows amongst the stars. For every moment of elation, there is the comedown. Every climb to the mountaintop is followed by the descent to the bottom.

Life has failures. Life has spots to learn. Life has spots to grow. Life has many opportunities and offers chances for redemption. It is in the low spots and low points of life when you are stripped of motivation, accolades, and external belief, that you are offered the chance to learn the most about yourself. Everyone knows everything when things are going well. It takes the challenges of ground zero to pick up the pieces and see what you are made of. The low points are not enjoyable but it is in the low points where you learn the most about yourself.

Embracing the darkness that comes from the low points is how you can grow and learn the most. Without everyone supporting you, without the attention on what you are doing, and without success at every choice, you encounter the stark reality that all you have is yourself. You are uniquely alone, bare—almost naked, as you try and pick yourself up. In this process, you realize exactly what you are made of. You realize what gets you out of bed each day. You realize what keeps you going when everything else seems to be tearing you down. The low points showcase who you are as an individual being. You are able to learn more about yourself in short intense periods of the negative than ever would be possible in sustained periods of light.

Learning in low points is not the easy decision. After days of failure, days of sadness, and days of starting over, there is very little motivation to keep going. When everything around you is screaming at you to throw in the towel and quit, that is the easy decision—the comforting decision.

Learning in the face of despair is not the normal choice, it is uncomfortable, but the knowledge flows once you commit to this option. You need to embrace the low points not for how they make you feel, but for the realizations choosing to learn during them brings. Knowledge is all powerful and you learn more about yourself in these moments than in almost every other situation. By learning in the low points you are not only specifically choosing to better yourself, you are actively pushing to become more durable, resilient, and ready for the next time life throws you a curveball.

Choose to learn in the low points and see how quickly you emerge from the depths and soar to new heights.