Storms of Life
There will be times in our lives that will put every single one of us to the big Test.
Like a Diamond under heavy pressure to demand our very Best.
It doesn’t matter if you are big as the King,
or as small as a Bee with a tiny Sting.
Those tests will determine the Strength of our Persistence;
and will either Make or Break our entire Existence.
All depends on how we can Manage
what Life throws at us as a Challenge.
On one side we give up or become victims of the circumstances and end up in a dark corner.
On the other side, we overcome these overwhelming obstacles and wear them as badges of honor.
As usual—it’s easier said than done, once one gets caught in such a heavy Storm.
Those Storms bring heavy rains and chaos into the State of each Mind.
They arrive with thunder and lightning that hit us hard and make us Blind.
Like a heavily wounded animal, which lays in agony and whines,
accompanied by floods of horrors and unbearable emotional pains.
Or a nightmare, where somebody has ripped off one’s Heart, all the Love, and Compassion for Life.
And placed you in the midst of the Hurricane to die, while still alive!
A mixture of ice cold feelings accompanied by Hopelessness, Brokenness, and Confusions.
That darkens the Clouds over our Shoulders and threatens our days with poisonous Infusions.
While this brutal new Reality sinks in, one arrives at the center of Life’s Test.
To give in to all the over-boiling pressures and run from them into Oblivion or seek refuge in Drugs and Alcohol just to dilute or at least contain the mental Pain.
Or just to continue with the next breath. One after the next one, while facing and experiencing the sensation of this Horror Show of Life.
Make it or Break It?!
Accept the defeat and bury yourself in pity, guilt, and failure of Life and hide yourself behind the Blame Game.
Or Experience the Situation by holding onto a straw of Reason or Hope to endure while the Storm is passing by—if there is no straw then make one up!
One has a choice in the midst of that unforgiving Storm of Life. It doesn’t matter if it takes days or just some hours.
One has that choice—always! And the choice and victory can be yours!
Every one of us can become a Hero.
A Hero of our own Life that makes it worthwhile.
To stand up and endure that stormy day.
Just find and hold onto that one straw of Reason—no matter how tiny or fragile—to save the day!
It doesn’t matter which way we choose, Life will continue anyway.
We can at least determine the direction and our condition in some way.
In case you might encounter a stormy day,
may the following help in your every day:
The bigger and heavier the Storms of Life,
the greater and brighter your Rainbows will become, in the Storms After-Life.
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