Do you know how good this life really is? Do you know that the real story behind it is the rise after the fall, the dawn after the dusk, and that moment of inspiration when you are facing a challenge and you realize that you’re strong enough to face it?
Being beaten down by life sucks. It’s hard, it feels stressful, but the real power behind it is knowing you’re going to come back. Knowing that no matter what life gives you, and how bad you feel, that you’re going to get to the point where you know you’re strong enough to face it. It’s the moment you’re tired of being tired, it’s the moment you feel that lump in your throat and realize that life has put you in a situation that you find so intolerable that you have no choice but to fight back.
That’s what life is about – that’s the story that everyone loves. The back against the wall, no timeouts left, no time left on the clock, need-to-win going to win not giving up coming out fighting can’t stop me you didn’t know what you were getting into I have this in hand you underestimated me I underestimated me it is on now kind of story that forces you to prove to yourself who and what you really are.
It doesn’t suck. Whatever it is you’re going through right now? That’s beating you down and feels shitty? It doesn’t suck. It’s making you stronger. It’s forcing you to be stronger. Do you think you’re in this life to coast? To loaf? Or just to suffer? None of the above. You’re in this to find out who you really are. You’ve been doing it your whole life. There’s more fight and life in you than you remember, and it takes the worst of moments for you to get to the point where you know you’re strong and you know you can win.
The triumph, the fight, and the peace in remembering you knew all along who you were and how strong and good you really are. Cheers to that.