Finding The Silver Lining
We’re amidst wildly unprecedented times. Scary and challenging times. Historic times. Interesting times. Times of change.
Maybe this all feels like a giant slap in the face and that ‘normal life’ is indefinitely postponed. But maybe your reality doesn’t need to be viewed through that lens. Perhaps you’ll discover a new wave of opportunities. Perhaps you’ll see some light shining through.
Remember that behind the clouds, there is always blue sky.
Perhaps you’ll discover a new wave of opportunities. Perhaps you’ll see some light shining through.
An event you were excited for has been cancelled. A business you’re associated with has shut up shop. You’re confined to your home. You contract the virus.
These are all experiences that cause varying levels of pain, but you have the power to decide if you suffer or not. There is always a separation between what we experience and how we interpret that experience.
As author Mark Manson wisely notes: “Because pain is the universal constant of life, the opportunities to grow from that pain are constant in life”. Let your pain be a mirror, a teacher, an inspiration, a motivation. With the closing of one door, another door opens.
What do you wish you started, continued or completed that’s nagging away at you? What have you been avoiding? What is your intuition screaming out to you?
With the closing of one door, another door opens.
For me, I see this as an opportunity to offer others some light, to prioritise those dearest to me, to write more, to appreciate the little things and be grateful for all that I have, to further upskill and educate myself, to reorient my career, to consciously reorganise my new life.
Perhaps you can learn a new skill, discover a creative outlet, explore a fresh routine or develop a practice that will become sacred to you.
Perhaps this is the perfect opportunity to learn to love yourself.
Just for one moment, I invite you to close down your eyes. Take a deep breath and ask yourself… what’s my silver lining in all of this?
*Re-post from 17/03/20
