On Crisis – never let a good one go to waste

A great many things will happen in your life that your initial response may be that of a crisis. By crisis, I mean a season however long that you’ll that you’ll find difficult to deal with or feel under danger, or even when you have what you may consider as a very important decision in your life.

That’s normal and ends up happening to us all, even to me who am known for coping well with them.

But these seasons, the winters in life, are there for a reason. They’re a natural part of being human and everyone on the planet has to deal with them. These are seasons that if faced with an enquiring mind ready to learn, can generate the biggest growth and maturing. Growth that you wouldn’t be able to tap into if everything went well.

The benefits can come from the experience, but it’s also important to consider that we shouldn’t let repeat instances of the same crisis. Take the teachings and ensure you’re better prepared for the situation if it happens, and better yet ensure you don’t ever have to deal with situation again.

Historically, us humans aren’t very good at this. We tend to hit the same road blocks over and over again and not really learn much from the struggle, but aim to ensure that isn’t you.

 The other hidden benefit of a crisis is in its ability to increase our threshold for entropy from the world, the threshold of our minds. By putting yourself through struggles and crisis situations, and aiming to be calm and relaxed when they happen, you increase the amount of pressure it takes to break you and that’s invaluable for anything you may be and aim for in life.

There’s growth and good things at the end of the bad seasons in life, so receiving them with an open mind and heart will allow you to be better prepared to face what life may throw at you and put you in a state of mind that is synergistic with problem solving and character building.

Take life as it comes, Rafael.