To anyone dealing with personal or professional struggles in their lives, here's a short verse I wrote this evening reflecting on my own personal journey this year. Maybe worth reflecting upon alongside your favourite glass of wine :) Share it with one another if it strikes a chord somewhere.
The Audacity of Resilience
Ask not why it happened to you;
Ask rather how you can be a better, kinder and wiser person because of it.
Listen. Wisdom cometh like a good samaritan in the dead of night - be awake to hear it speak.
Question not if you are deserving of any of it;
Question rather if you are strong enough not to run, ruminate or be rescued.
Breathe. Even when the voice of sadness and loneliness suffocates you - rise up and take comfort in knowing that your mind is the only limitation to your significance.
Seek not just the commiseration and consolation of friends;
Seek also the harsh truth and candour of those that do not know of you or your pain.
Heal. Slowly and completely. A broken heart cannot hold another without protecting itself first.
Judge not the actions of those who have caused you hurt or sorrow;
Judge rather the capability of you to forgive them for what they may or may not know.
Preserve. Persevere. The pain and sorrow of hurt is never worth the destruction of your soul.
Some call it hope.
Others call it faith.
To me it simply is - the Audacity of Resilience.
