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HOW TO STAND FIRM IN THE STORM
The storm
will come. It does not matter how strong and secure you feel right now. The tempest
will come. It will come to test you. To see how strong, you think you are. The storm
will come to play with your foundation. It will come to shake you. It will come
to assess your stability. It will come to mock your truth. That is when you will
understand, what you think you know and what you don’t know. The storm will
make you doubt what you know. But you need to know how to stand firm. Stand the
test of time. Stand firm in the presence of those who think you are fraud. That
you fake your stability. Those who think you cannot make it. In fact, you might
not make it. A storm is nothing to play with. A storm destroys. And when it
will appear anywhere near your life, it will have a mission. A mission to
destroy whatever good that was going on in your life.
The storm wants you to lose. It wants your boat to sink. It wants you to sink. But that is not what is going to happen. You will stand firm in the storm. You will try to win in the storm. You will remain in the game. You will continue playing in the storm. You will not quit in the storm. Instead, you will stand firm in the storm. You will make progress. You will endure the storm. And it will be bad. It will be worse. The storm will appear like nothing you have ever seen in your life. However, you will stand firm in the storm and face it. You will not run away. You will remain standing. And try to understand the mission of the storm in your life. These will not be your good times. You will not be laughing. In fact, you could give in a few times. But you need to stand firm in the storm. We have three strategies you can tap into to stand firm in the storm.
Stick with Your Values
This is
very important. Your values are very important. A storm is really bad. The dictionary
has described it as a violent disturbance, which interferes with the
atmosphere. And it does not come alone. A storm comes with rainfall, lightning,
thunder, and snow. The storm in our context might not necessarily be the
typical storm that you know. The one that you see physically. The storm in our
context is the challenges you come across in life. Difficult challenges that
you think you cannot face. These are the storms we are talking about. And you
need to understand that the storms you will face will not be simple. They will
be heavy. Accompanied by all those characteristics the dictionary has
mentioned. You need to take notice of the violence in the storm. That is what
will knock you off. That is what will shake your foundation.
The violence in the storm will rock your life. It will shake your stability. It will tear you apart. It will ensure you lose balance. That is why you need your values. You need to know what keeps you grounded. You need to know what makes you a fighter. You need to know where your strengths come from. Your values will remind you about a lot of things. The values will teach you how to face a storm. Your values will guide you on how to respond. And how to remain calm. Your values will stand with you. They will teach you how to approach. When the violence in the storm will be so bad. Bad to an extent that you are about to fall. Your values will pull you back. They will hold you steady. And keep you in the game. Your values will ensure you don’t drown. Instead, they will find strength for you. They will hold you together.
When you stick with your values. It is like telling the storm to stop bullying you. You remind the storm that you are not a softie. That whatever good that is going on belongs to you. Everything that you have acquired over time is yours. And you are not going to lose it. You are going to protect it. You are going to fight. You are going to stand firm. The storm will not scare you with the rainfall, thunder, snow, or lightning. You will stick with your values. And fight to the end. You will look in the eyes of the storm. And tell it it has two options. Calm down or go away completely. You will not play games with the violent. The violence in the storm will not minus from you. You will not allow it. Because you know what makes you. You know what is in your fiber. You don’t lose that easy. You don’t get scared that easily. You raise to the occasion. You take responsibility. You solve problems. You don’t hide when the storm becomes tough.
You will not wish that it did not come. Instead, you will face it. You will be present. You will understand it. You will dig for the root cause. You will understand its basis. You will get to the bottom of everything. You will not accept defeat. The storm will not overpower you. You will not allow it to change your atmosphere. You will not accept the new conditions that the storm wants to introduce. You will live your life according to how you know it and want it. The storm will not bully you into submission. It will not attack you. It will not step on you. You will stand firm. You will stand strong. You will fight for your survival. You will not run away. You will only stand firm in the storm if you have values. If you know your strengths. If you know what those values mean to you. You will stick with what you know. You will stick with your values. And you will start having values if you don’t have some already.
The Truth
How to
stand firm in the storm is to know the truth. The truth about your life. The
truth about how you arrived where you are. The truth about how you live your
life. What keeps you cemented? What holds you together? What kind of a person are
you? What is your overall perspective about life? Which lanes do you use to see
and interpret things? You need the truth. The truth about all these things. You need
the truth about you. How well do you know yourself? How do you face
challenges? What mindset do you operate with? How do you see the storm? As a
heavy load you cannot endure? Or as a nice challenge you can face? A wonderful
opportunity to learn from? The truth will get you standing firm in the storm. The
truth will sustain you. The truth will empower you. You will find new strength
to face the storm. You will win with the truth.
Life has
different phases. And it is wise to live prepared. You don’t want a storm to
catch you by surprise. You will become the most disoriented person of the year.
If the storm catches you by surprise. You might not survive. your boat will surely sink. However, you don’t want that for
yourself. So find the truth. Learn something about you. Understand you. Interrogate
you. Find your resilience. Learn where your resilience comes from. Learn about
your survival tips. How do you find your way out of a desert? How do you make
it alive in the middle of hungry cheetahs? How do you beat crocodiles in the sea?
How do you make it alive in a fiery storm with all that turbulence? Find the
truth. Find your truth. Speak the truth during the storm. Tell the storm that
you know its mission. Remind the storm that you also know your values. That you
know what keeps you standing. And you are not ready to lose. Your possessions
are yours to keep.
Pushback
Pushback.
What you have worked for is rightfully yours. The storm cannot take it away. Pushback
the storm. Never mind the violence in the storm. Just pushback. A storm cannot
bully you to submission. You cannot submit to a bully. You cannot submit to the
storm. You cannot lose to the storm. You cannot lose to the pressure that the
storm comes with. You cannot lose to the rainfall. Don’t accept to be washed
away. Pushback against the storm. It does not matter how strong it appears. You
are going to summon your strength. You are going to remain strong. You are
going to pushback. You will push back with the right knowledge. You will push
back with understanding. The storm will not take away from you. You will put up
a spirited fight. You will not give in when thunder begins. And you will not fear lightning either.
You will stand strong. You will stand firm in the storm. You will push back by telling the storm it attacked the wrong person. You are the wrong person for the storm. The storm did not strategize properly before coming after you. You are not giving in. You are not giving up. You are not going to sink. You are not going to lose anything. You will remain in the game. You will play to win. You will toughen as the storm gets strong. You will push back. The storm will not change your atmosphere. You will not accept the new conditions the storm wants to set for you.
You will not become a failure. You will not become the defeated. You will not become a loser. The storm will not win over you. You will push back using the right resources. You will tap in your truth. You will tap in your values. You will tap in your positive mind. You will not lose. You will stand firm in the storm. You will fight in the storm. You will win by pushing back at challenges that want to steal you. You will be the adult in the storm. You will take responsibility. You will get to the underlying causes of the storm. You will solve your problems. You will understand the mission of the storm. And you will keep fighting until you win. Don't allow a thief to steal anything from you. The storm is a thief. Face it. Rebuke it. I know it will be one of your worst days. But you will keep your eyes focused. You will fight to the end. You will not relent.
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