You Will Get Through This

Things feel hard right now. For everyone. On the personal, local, and world level.

And I thought this post about how everything will be okay and how our reaction to a situation is a secondary (not primary) source of pain; one that we can work with even if we can’t stop the first type of pain (the situation) from happening.

After going through some possible what ifs that stem from the fear response, he points out that those worst fears are not how life works. He writes,

If you were to think back on all the moments where you thought everything collapsed, how do you explain the fact that you’re still here standing today? … There’s a great irony to thinking that your life is unbearable because your very existence means that you are already bearing it. The very fact that you’re here right now is proof that you have what it takes to endure and overcome your hardships.

It’s a great read to bookmark and return to the next time you look at life and think, “How are we going to get through this?”