CAN YOU WEATHER THE STORM OF YOUR LIFE?
I have just run in from the storm. I am safe now, and it’s dry and warm where I stand. I look out my window, and everything (and everyone) I see is being tossed violently into the air as if a tornado and a hurricane were occurring simultaneously. I want to help, but I know there is nothing I can do. If I took one step out there, I would be lifted away like the rest. All I can do is watch them through my window and hope that most will survive. Every man for himself.
I have seen enough of these types of “storms” to know that not everyone will survive. A few will be killed or beaten down so severely that they will never recover. Others will find a strength in themselves they never knew existed and will come away from the storm bigger and better from the experience. But the vast majority will eventually stand up again….and be the EXACT same person they were before.
It’s these kinds of storms that test your true spirit. Not just your strength and perseverance, but who you really are inside and what really matters to you. Some of us have no idea how we will weather the largest storm of our life until we are put through a test of this magnitude. It shakes us up so much that we are almost forced to hit rock bottom no matter how hard we resist. When you lose everything, or think you have lost everything, is when the test begins.
When the rain and wind finally stop, do you sit on your bed and cry? Do you take a drink or pop a pill? Do you call a friend and lean on them? Or do you pull yourself up on your own, with nothing but faith, hope and trust that you can do this without anyone (or anything) to assist?
It’s at this point that you have a decision to make. Do you return to your old life and your old ways? Or will you choose to see this as a gift from the Universe, an opportunity to have the life you always wanted but never thought possible. How much of a risk taker are you? Do you see life as an exciting adventure or do you need everything set in stone before you step out? Will you put your trust in the Universe and believe there is a special plan for YOU… or will you let fear and doubt guide you?
How many chances are we really given in this life? This may be your LAST one. Are you going to waste it? Will you return to that security blanket that covered you before? Because once you have gotten this far and have actually visualized the dream, what are the chances you will be able to go back to your “old life” without frustration and regret? You will be even less satisfied now than you were before. Do you really want to spend the rest of your life, however long or short that may be, wishing you had just gone for it?
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