When You're Bereft of Options

 When You're Bereft of Options...

💣💣💣British Actor Rowan Atkinson [a.k.a. Mr Bean] may have made our tummies laugh through his movies but surely you're temp will skyrocket if he stares to you this way simply because you're bereft of options, nada, zilch, nil.  But such is life.  When you are there at the sea bed, there is almost nothing left in you, not even your self-esteem.  But regardless of how serious your predicament is, think of this upside that's way beyond debate:  when you're down, there's no way to go but up.  But the catch is, how to swing that trajectory towards up north.

But c'mon, everyone of us went through hell at some points in our lives so surely, we'll all agree that whatever 'hell' we went through, it made us stronger, wiser and probably mature than prior to that 'dark episode'.  And this is where I'd like to have the analogy of humans with barbeque.  In life, we need to be marinated, honed.  Anything and everything that was once raw in us will be burnished in time before we face the next storm in our life.

As this girl's poster says, PLEASE, let's dump any mindset that says we need to survive life.  That can find you in crutches in due time.  Take it from Lore Deschene who rattles the the 30 ways to live life @ https://tinybuddha.com/blog/30-ways-to-live-life-to-the-fullest/.  Now I won't rattle off the 29 ways but instead just the 30th tip, which says: 'follow your hopes and not your fears'.  

And as you grind in life, there will be stacks of cards scattered all over you, one too many options.  And more often, we tend to pick the best, most attractive option.  But as this poster goes, pick that option which makes you feel happy picking it up.  And doing so will turn that picked option as the best one.  And how about Niksen, that Dutch lifestyle concept of doing nothing as shared by Sophia Gottfried @ https://time.com/5622094/what-is-niksen/#:~:text=Niksen%20%E2%80%9Cliterally%20means%20to%20do,stress%20and%20recover%20from%20burnout.  This Dutch concept tells us

that as stress levels are going up beyond the roof, practising Niksen gives your mind to wander, carving out time for yourself till you can gather things for yourself and regroup.  But if you wanna browse the 101's of surviving life, do browse Mark Manson's piece @ https://observer.com/2016/09/63-steps-to-survive-the-worst-moments-of-your-life/.  That's a long list of life-hacking tips but I'd like to dive into #63 which tells us 'realize that your problems are not special or unique'. And don't lose sight that, whatever it is, 'LIFE is BEAUTIFUL'.💜💛💚