Try Again!

This past week, my daughter has been practicing how to tie her shoelaces. It's one of the skills that they stress in kindergarten and she has not mastered it as of yet. Blame it on those 'oh so convenient Velcro straps' that they have on shoes now. She's doing pretty well but becomes so frustrated with it. I think that she believes that it is something she would learn right away. She is a fast learner and she does get pretty obsessive with a task until she's successful at it (sounds like anyone you know? her dad!).
I've been trying to motivate and encourage her. I've told her more times than I can count that if you try something and you don't succeed then you keep trying. I told her that she should not give up. She's persistent and not about to give up but she does get upset by her efforts.
Watching her has gotten me thinking about how things become second nature to us. Like tying your shoelaces. Now I do it without putting much thought into it.
This is very similar to handling stressful situations in life. At first it appears unbearable. It is such a hurdle and we cannot imagine getting over it. Then as time goes by, little by little, we get "comfortable" with the situation. Sometimes regardless of whether or not we've had resolution. We are not happy about the situation but we've got to sort of learn how to live with it. I'm in that phase right now. I feel like the situation that's causing me stress is something I can't really change so I've got to learn how to "live" with it. I'm learning how to just let go and let God. I've got to give it all to Him and trust that He will take care of it.
Although there's no resolution at this time, I cannot allow myself to be so consumed by it that life passes me by. Stress has a way of eating away at a person. Then it also breeds other stress. While I'm stressed, anything else unfavorable that presents itself in my life, might drive me absolutely crazy. So dealing with what's on my plate in a positive way, even if it's not yet resolved will only help me in the long run. I can't allow it to keep me down. I can't give up. I've got to get up, dust myself off and try again!