When the times are tough...
The tough gets going is the cliche that we all hear. But what does it take to get going? Ask anyone who has been in the valley for some time and they will tell you. It's one of the hardest things ever. To deal with failure, rejection, constant upsets and to accept all of them graciously. To fall down again and again. To take the hits relentlessly. And to keep getting ourselves up again and start moving forward. To smile through the storm. To try earnestly to be positive and optimistic, for ourselves and the people we love. It is not easy. Not easy at all. But again no one said life will be easy. But look at the plethora of things tough times teach us. Can the peaks and the happy times do the same? I doubt. And that's why tough times exist...to teach us, to enrich us and help us reflect on our lives. I have thus pledged to learn from these times....as much as I can. To reflect and analyze. To embrace this time in the valley graciously, even though its hard sometimes.....