How long can you hide? How far can you run?

You can run. You can hide.

But the ultimate question is how long can you run and hide?

The fears. The challenges. The unending tumultuous problems. Sometimes they look just like heaps of mountains. So high, so wide, and so tough that it might just be easier to hide somewhere.

Running to the valley sounds like a good plan too! No distraction. Isolation. No confrontation.

Hide. But how long can you dwell in isolation?

If you are physically small like me, hiding and running are just plain easy. You can hide comfortably and be able to run swiftly.

But hiding and running require long stamina too. Sooner or later, they would tire you out.

Tough life we all have. Life's never a bed of roses. And the solution oftentimes lies with confronting them.

Take courage, my friend. Easy? Definitely not! Sometimes, it requires the hell out of you - so much that it demands your entire soul.

Been through the school of hard knocks, perhaps listing down each challenge and fear, one by one might help. This gives clarity so that you have a better and clearer idea of what you are really dealing with.

Issues solved like that? Of course not! Map out the game plan. What would it take for you to address them?

A real overcomer would do whatever it takes for him/ her to get to the destination.

Take heart - Every tunnel has a light at its end.

And the biggest nightmare?

Even when we feel and/or think that we are done confronting that particular challenge/ situation, it might come back and haunt us. YES, AGAIN!

And we ask ourselves, "how long more? This is driving me crazy, BIG TIME!"

It's tempting to just throw in the towel. "Well, I'm done with this!"

But faith like a mustard seed can move mountains. So how many more mountains?

When I was 15, a secondary school teacher gave me a card of encouragement," You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."

The Greater The Battle, The Greater The Victory.

So keep fighting until you get the full victory.

Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it.