Ride the Storm Like a Boss

I believe human beings are remarkably resilient. We often survive much more than we think we can survive. We often skip past the hardest of hurdles life brings our way. We go through difficult spells in life and yet we bounce back again like it never happened.

Casualties of war pick themselves up. People recover from severe illness. Refugees rebuild after losing family and home. Bankrupt people start again and build successful businesses.

We survive not only the scariest of challenges but also survive in the hardest of places. Wherever we find ourselves, we find a way to exist, whether it be in water, outer space, jungles of South America, the wastes of the Arctic, anywhere! You name it. We often find a way to exist, survive and withstand anything without losing our disposition.

The truth is, life is an adventure. You never know what’s coming your way. I often describe it as the most suspense-filled film ever. You can’t find spoilers. You’ve just have to go with the flow. One day you can be rich and famous, and the next you’re battling a serious court case that could cost your family, business and dignity.

If there’s one thing the stories of Nigerians have taught me, it is this: if an area boy can wake up every morning, under a bridge, with absolutely no knowledge of how his day is going to turn out, what he’s going to eat, whether he will be killed, doing all he can to stay alive, then why can’t we?

“The Ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenges and controversy.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

It doesn’t matter what you’re going through, there’s someone out there who’s going through worse, and they’re surviving. They wake up each day, and they give this life thing another go. Don’t ever think anyone has their life figured out and you don’t. No one has lived twice. Everyone is doing life for the first time, so it’s fine to not have it all figured out. When we started life, no one handed us a handbook on how to live it. No matter what life throws at us, we must learn to ride the storm like a boss.

I personally have been through hell and back in the past few months but my resolve has always been the same, I’m going to ride this storm like a boss.

In a masochist (biggest word I’ve ever used) kind of way, I love it when things go wrong in my life. Why? You can read my post on The Beauty of Trials. You must understand that until you’re broken, you don’t know what you’re made of. It gives you the ability to build yourself all over again, stronger and even better.

“If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?”

Life isn’t for the faint-hearted. You wouldn’t be here if you weren’t strong enough. There’s always a way out of every problem, you just probably haven’t found it yet. So reassess your situation, keep working, keep searching, keep riding. Don’t give up!

In this day and age, challenges will never stop throwing themselves at you. There will even be acts of God which we have no control over, but it’s no reason to quit. Now is never a good time to quit. They say it’s never over till the fat lady sings. As far as I’m concerned, she can sing all day. I will still believe it is not over.