Aftermath of a hurricane...
Current mood: worried
Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes
Everyday I live in the aftermath of a hurricane...
It takes time to rebuild...anything...everything...be it a home, a relationship, your love or your life. And when you lose it all, to rebuild it becomes the biggest challenge you shall ever face!
It takes patience, perseverence, dedication, love, determination, every ounce of energy you have within you to draw out the strength that lies somewhere deep inside.
You work everyday toward the goals you set for yourself...to rebuild your life...your home...your love...relationships with those you care for most...you set some big, some small and then there are all those itty bitty ones you must reach just to get to your ultimate goal.
Many obstacles arise...only to hold you back or hold you down...make you feel as though there is no end to the chaos...no light at the end of the tunnel...no way to get there from here.
But each obstacle is only a test...a test of your strength...a test of your dedication...perhaps even a test of your character...obstacles asking questions...how much do you desire this goal that you are striving to attain? Are you certain beyond the shadow of a doubt this is what you want?
Some obstacles may be put there to show you a different path to get to where you want to be...to show you a different way to rebuild something...perhaps to help you build it stronger or more beautiful.
Other obstacles may be there to show you that you are going in the wrong direction...telling you to turn back...because you have already walked this road...find a different way.
Some may just be telling you it is time to rest for a short period...regroup...get things back in order...build up your strength for the next obstacle shall be larger and you will need more strength than for the last one...
Every night you think yourself to sleep...wondering what the events of the next day shall unfold...you wake every morning, reach inside and pull out whatever strength you can find to get yourself through the day...and somehow you mangage it...once again!
You make changes...you learn...you grow...day in and day out...for many months...that turn into a year and more...events transpire everyday...some good, some bad...some you see making changes before your eyes, others you cannot see the changes they are making...no that is left for the future to tell...
Some people stand by you thru the pain and heartache...most just don't seem to care nor believe in you and just walk away...
New people come into your life, some leave, others stay. Somehow each of these people have made a change in you...a change that has helped you to grow or to think differently...every person you meet affects you in some manner whether you realize it or not...
One day you wake to find yourself right smack dab in the middle of the transformation...suddenly wondering how it is you got here after all you have been through...after all the bad, upsetting things that have transpired...this is when you realize that something good can come from bad events...something good can come from your suffering and you have not suffered in vain...
Perhaps it was the only way for you to get where you needed to be as a person...perhaps it was a small part of your destiny...you would not be who you are today without having experienced all that you have been through...you would not know the strength you hold inside you had you never been made to find it...
You reach that ultimate goal...the challenge of your life...only to find yourself living in the aftermath of a hurricane...
