Life is testing you

How will you respond?

You just suffered a setback.

What you wanted didn’t turn out how you’d hoped.

You had an expectation.

And that expectation had to call in sick.

You feel deflated.

You’re empty but angry.

I’ve been there too many times to count.

Often, those are the moments I most want to do something drastic.

Energy is searing through my veins, thanks to the anger.

I want to call an end to it like a clean cut to the jugular.

Or I entertain vivid ideas of doing something drastic.

How about a long trip somewhere strange?

How about a massive lifestyle shift involving selling everything I own and moving into a van on the beach?

These are moments when the Universe is testing us.

It’s something that failing a thousand times taught me.

We fail the test if we allow our emotions to take hold and decide to do something that doesn’t ultimately serve us.

Perhaps you don’t need to do anything drastic.