If you’re going through hell, keep going.
Easier said than done, right? Maybe COVID has turned your world upside down, and inside out. Maybe the dream job isn’t what’s its cracked up to be. Maybe your relationship has hit the skids. When everything seems tangled, how do you “fix it?”
What if you didn’t want anything to change? I get it. Changes thrust upon you are the worst and leave you feeling out of control, short changed, and off balance.
The most important thing I can tell you through ALL of it: you are going to be ok. Really. Think of the last time things went wrong (and to be clear, I’m not talking about catastrophic events, but the normal set backs that can knock us off our feet). More than likely, your worst fear DIDN’T happen. What’s the saying, 90% of our fears never come to pass? Exactly. Just remember that when your mind is playing dirty tricks on you, that reptilian creature that just wants to protect you at all costs.
But here’s the very good news: whatever you’re going through, right this very minute, will change. It really will — but just not on your timetable. And then after it changes, it will change again, and then it will change again after that. Rinse and repeat, over and over. Honestly, it’s all SUPPOSED to change, because that’s how we get better and better, even when it doesn’t feel like that could possibly happen. That can be a bitter pill to swallow, especially when things are going well. I’ve fallen into that trap myself, thinking ok great, I’ve made it, things are looking good, it will be smooth sailing from here on out, forever and ever and happily ever after. As if. There will be more storms. But you’ve survived 100% of your worst days so far, and should know that you WILL keep going, there WILL be more opportunities, there WILL be happy times again. The trick is to keep your eye on the future horizon, and keep going and believing it will be so. And if it helps to look at others who’ve done so before us, just remember Winston Churchill, who had grit and determination galore, and who could teach us all a thing or two about endurance: If you’re going through hell, keep going.
