How do you stay resilient in hard times? – Asks the daily prompt.
Stay focused. Be harder than the hard time given. Be brave.
Hard Times –
- Family – from the I Do’s and the kids’ birth throughout the rest of your life it’s a roller coaster ride. There will be hard times here. A lot of families struggle to make it through them. Emotionally, financially and many other facets. Stick together, communicate and love.
- Professionally – From finding the right career/employer/boss to provide you both a challenging and rewarding job that also pays the bills. No small task for most of us. You just have to keep moving forward and not give up or into anyone. There are very few people looking out for your interests along the way. Cherish those who do.
- Health – One of the most important and difficult you will face. This is the toughest mental and physical challenge you will face. Live each loving day.
In some ways my career helped me deal with hard times. When all hell was breaking lose and people around us were losing their minds, we kept calm and figured things out and acted.
Don’t panic in hard times. That leads to worse decisions. Self-inflicted hard times are best avoided by thinking.
I’ve always been able to find something to laugh about in hard times. Finding humor in stressful situations I think helps reduce the tension. Like the line in the movie 300.
Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: “When we attack today, our arrows will blot out the sun!”
Leonidas, Spartan King: “Good; then we will fight in the shade”
One of my best friends has this term – Refuse to Lose – He is also the same person that looks for win/win situations first. But if you choose to go to war with him, it’s on. And hard times are like war. You’re fighting to get out of them and it’s your will against theirs.
Each of has or will experience those personal loses. Those closest to your heart. I wish I had the answer to dealing with that hard time.
