Are You 'OUT OF THE WOODS' Yet ?

Are You 'OUT OF THE WOODS' Yet ?

A lot of us [including me, in the past] thought that life can be as clear and as smooth as silk.  And when we got trapped in the woods, we did try to wiggle out of those situations and presto, we managed to extricate ourselves, albeit often times bruised and scathed.  After hitting those lowest points, it drives us to foolishly think that from that point onwards, the road we're trekking is devoid of any pitfalls, any traps.

In real life, we would get trapped in those woods more often than not.  Challenges will push us to the wall.  Those 'uphill climbs' will drive us crazy and drain us with all our energies until we almost get drained, till our fuel tanks almost gets emptied.  Too bad, many us never get into that realization.  Hence the vicious cycle.

But who can blame us humans.  Once we're in the clear, amnesia creeps in.  We tend to miss out that life is peppered with pitfalls, with booby traps, with planted land mines all over.  How to extricate ourselves from the woods should always be our overriding goal.  And even before we reach another wooded area, let us anticipate that somewhere down the road, we'll pass through it because there's no other way.

Truth of the matter, in the past, i sometimes got fearful of the future because, knock on wood, I knew it that down the road, i'll end up in the woods all over again.  That was a dilemma I had to overcome with tons of rethinking and soul searching, asking myself how far will I survive.  To set the tone, I managed to re-shape my mindset in such a way that being trapped in the woods didn't deter me anymore.  On the other hand, I started telling myself that I'm prepared for it.

So what's our trick then ? Let's remind ourselves over and over again that being trapped in the woods DOESN'T MATTER at all.  THAT you're mentally ready for it.  THAT you're "ALL IN" and "LOCKED IN" for it.  THAT you're ready for the long haul.  THAT you're resilient enough if along the way you get bruised and scarred.  In short, let's 'ACCLIMATIZE' ourselves to being in the woods.  If we live amidst problems, we can overcome it ONE AT A TIME though.❗❗❗