VIEWPOINT MAGAZINE Volume 5.1 October 2016 | Page 9

“Johnny
Smith:
Belonging”

Lifestyle
“Worthy of
Worth?”

by
Josiah Watanabe

Limit X
Challenges O
by
Sarah Lee

-Pg. 17

-Pg. 16

By: Sung Bin Yun

VIEWPOINT
Volume 5.1 October

ew Beginnings come with challenges. All throughout our life, we are faced with challenges in all shapes
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and forms. One might experience these challenges every day or once in a while. However, no one is

unaffected by it. One may ask these questions, “Why do we need challenges in our life? Why would one do
something that requires a great amount of time and effort?” There is one simple answer to that question:
New things provide chances to grow. If we try out something brand new, we would be able to discover what
we are capable of. Challenges prevent us from just standing fixed and carries us proceeding forward. We must
meet these challenges with a positive attitude and be able to distinguish which challenges to accept and to
reject.
However, there is an important concept that we must know. When we face challenges, we must face it with
a mind that seeks teaching and understandings. By choosing to confront the challenges and to accept them,
we would experience opportunities, personal growth, and remarkable learning. With this mindset of desiring
for new learning such as trying out new activities, there will always be positive experiences that we can gain.
Like, when we travel or move to foreign countries and meet unfamiliar people, if we choose to boldly step up
and attempt to connect with the new people, we may experience something sensational and be left with a
wonderful experience. T.S. Elliot notably said, “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how
far one can go.” If we choose to not take that step, we wouldn’t be able to undergo such pleasures.
Nonetheless, there are some challenges that will just wear you out. If those challenges continuously
overwhelm you, give your mind and body a break for a while and come back to it again later. When facing
such challenges, take it easy, step by step. It is true that the more effort and time it takes to overcome those
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challenges, the more you learn and you retain those new knowledge longer. However, it is a trouble
challenges keep you stuck in life. Thus, you will need to evaluate what challenges should
be
avoided
and what
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need to be overcome. The most optimal way in determining which challenges you should face is by praying.
By asking God and talking with Him, you would receive wisdom to make prudent decisions in which
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challenges you choose to take on.
So what kind of new challenges
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“Italy:

Rising
From the
Rubble”
-Pg. 10

“A

New Friend”
-Pg. 6

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