Keeping Your Head 'above water'
Life is not spelled L-I-F-E. Instead, it is spelled S-U-R-V-I-V-A-L. Not anyone amongst us is shielded from being in 'survival mode' at various points in our life.
How's the 'hit rate' versus the mortality rate? Generally, the 'hit rate' is lower and instead, the mortality rate seems to be climbing over time. First time around, you can still have that good chance to eke out from that deep morass. On your second, third or Nth time around, your chances of survival will be getting slimmer. After you get zapped and drained, what else can be squeezed out from you high and dry?
Hitting a homerun is out of the equation. Miracles are very rare variables of an equation. You gotta eke it out. It’s all grit and grind. Whatever flagging spirit you have, you gotta turn it around. Edwin Cole, a recognized American religious leader was well quoted: ‘You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there’. Well said.
Albert Einstein curtly said: 'Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving'. Simply put. Never get stalled. Don't be stymied. Don't stagnate.
During these trying times, if you gotta swallow the most difficult pill, just take it if what’s at stake is your survival. Not to understate the plight of hapless souls begging in the streets during this long-drawn pandemic, our heart really melts for them as we know that they got families to support. But here’s the challenge. How many of them ever considered packing up and bringing their families back to the province? Living in the countryside would definitely mean lower costs of living.
Taking another higher notch, survival is the least we can aim for. But as we are all trekking a long treacherous road, what we really need is beyond survival. We gotta thrive. To thrive leads us our heads to be above water, our ship to remain afloat even miles further down our journey.
If you need to re-tool yourself, upskill yourself or reinvent yourself, please take that path. Be tough on yourself. Get tougher on yourself. You will be your best motivator. After you end up unscathed, you and your family will be reaping the fruits towards the homestretch of your journey. Hold your breath. Your journey is zillion times longer than a typical 42km marathon.
Quoting Lao Tzu, the famous Chinese philosopher: ‘ A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’. Take that step. Take that path. And you’ll be fine.
