Lets talk adversity. Adversity is simply a cool buzzword for the difficulties and hurdles we face in life. Someone can face adversity due to a wide array of things – their home life, their surroundings, their health, the list goes on and on. Adversity has one major flow – it is deathly afraid of action.
When faced with adversity, we must take action. Adversity simply creates a more difficult path for us to travel. Adversity may throw rocks at you, it may kick your knees out from under you and punch you square in the face. What adversity doesn’t prepare for is your action. Adversity cannot defeat actions. Adversity has a glass jaw, and actions are one hell of an uppercut.
You are the captain of your ship. Not your surroundings, not your education, not your upbringing, not your parents or siblings or spouse – you, and you alone. Sure, these factors may impact your path. They may be waves in the giant ocean that is life, but even an inexperienced captain can handle rough seas (where do you think experienced captains come from..?). Let life throw things your way, but know that none of it will change your course.
While you may not be able to dictate the things life throws at you, you are allowed and capable of dictating how you handle them. You can either succumb to the pressure and fall, or you may rise and act. Even if you do fall, it is irrelevant if you choose to rise once more.
Adversity is ill-prepared against action.
Actions are the salt to the ice that is adversity. A little bit of salt can melt a whole lot of ice, a little bit of action can overcome a whole lot adversity.
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