“Knock, knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Life!”
Life will knock us all down. That is a guarantee. It is not a question of “if,” but rather “when.” When life’s fist lands upon us, how will we respond? The magnitude and impact of the knock are relative. Many factors will influence how you perceive the knock(s) when it comes your way.
Take heart.
Though this knock may be new to you, nothing that knocks us down is new to humanity. The stories of “been there, done that”, are as old as time.
You see, hard knocks are necessary ingredients to a holistic life. When life knocks you down, sapping the breath right from under you, it forces you to the ground, to the dust from whence you came and whence you will ultimately return. Life knows you need grounding. You require the humility of knowing what loss is in order to appreciate all the gains you have in your life – once vivid but now dulled by familiarity or complacency.
Here is the truth: no person that has been knocked down, has risen up ungrounded!
To do so would be a missed opportunity to learn the lesson(s) life would rather you learn. And guess what? Down they will go again, by the same knock! Having experienced one knock in your life and come up all wise, does not exclude you from any future knocks. It may, however, prepare you with a resilient spirit, a renewed hope of the gains to be made.
So, take heart. Nothing that knocks us down is new to humanity.