Hive-reachout initiative week 48. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.( My favorite quote)

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. This is a very simple but powerful quote that has been my rock for years now. Having something to fall back on when you need help is very important in our lives as humans because we will always have problems here and there.

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I had to make a little research to know who said this first because I have been using the quote for a long time now without knowing the person who said it first.

This is what I discovered 👇
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
used to say that when there are problems, strong people work hard to solve them. This saying is attributed both to Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969), father of the USA President John F. Kennedy and to Norwegian-born American football player and coach Knute Rockne (1888-1931). 👈 And This is also the source

It is very clear that the person that said this meant to use it to encourage people who are going through a tough time in the life and have become somehow discouraged about life. People go through different difficult situations in life and I have known this by experience that it is only when you refuse to give up that you will see your victory at the end of the battle.

I became too addicted to this quote because of the many troubles of life I have come across and this quote has been my help. It has helped me push on even when it seems as if everyone is giving up on me. I have never allowed any challenge that I face in life to push me down because I know that when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. I have also decided to become tough for tough situations. This is how I have survived all my life. And one funny thing about life is that when you think that you have overcome this particular situation another shows face and the battle continues. That is the reason why this particular quote has always been by my side.

A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF A TOUGH SITUATION

I have had a number of troubles in my life that was meant to break me and keep me down forever. But let me share this particular one. It happened in the year 2014. On Sunday night to be precise. I was going to write my mathematics examination on Monday morning and Sunday night while we were asleep, thieves came into our house and took away almost everything that I woke with in my computer business center. They went away with my laptop, cameras and also carried my husband's motorcycle that helps him move around the city to do his work as a camera man. That incident left us jobless because both mine and his was all taken away. We have literally nothing doing after the incident. The following day which was Monday I went to the Exams hall to write my mathematics with tears running down my check uncontrollably. I had no idea what I was going to write because the problem at home has so affecting me that I can't remember anything that I read for the examination.

I took courage in the word of God and believe in this quote that says when the going gets tough the tough gets going. I wrote the exams that day. It really affected me and I didn't make my mathematics. Apart from mathematics I made all my paper.

I want people all over the world to know that when you pass through a challenge, that is not the end of your life. You can still make it in life.

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