Dancing in the Storm
(Baonghean.vn) - On my journey to 35, the biggest lesson I learned for myself is to never wait for the storm to pass, but to have the ability to dance even when the storm is coming.
This figurative lesson is actually just a metaphor for an attitude in life: to determine one's own life through the ability to adapt and be optimistic even in dire circumstances.
For a long time, I have realized that everyone lives with at least one sadness. Sadness is very common, often comes suddenly and without warning. There are sadnesses that at that time, we think are the most terrible in the world, thinking that no one is sadder than us, more miserable and painful than us. When faced with sadness, most of us are often helpless.
I have asked myself many times: How to get through these losses, injuries, brokenness, and resentments? But there is no way, no magic to erase the cracks in our hearts. We have to slowly feel them, accept everything as it is, and go through them with a forward-looking mindset. Don't avoid them, don't hide in the shell of excuses and lies. What we need to do is learn to adapt to the pain and countless imperfections, "fight" them with honesty, learn to live with pain peacefully!
It sounds strange, but this “dancing” attitude has helped me many times in the difficult times of life. The sadness does not disappear because of our avoidance, on the contrary, it becomes more prominent, swirling deep into the anxiety, insecurity, filling our mind with heavy data. To get through the storm, we must shed the heavy and dark baggage, the more we shed, the lighter the baggage to overcome the storm.
“Dancing” in the storm is also an attitude of appreciating one’s inner strength and good values. When we are sad, we often tend to compare ourselves with others, feel jealous and wish for everyone’s beautiful life, and feel that in this world we are the only one suffering. But in fact, the beautiful things we see are just the outer shell, and when we peel them off, we will see the bitterness inside that no one can understand. Everyone has their own battle, so stop comparing and focus more on yourself. Who knows, the life we hate is someone else’s admiration.
Overcoming terrible sadness sometimes does not require great happiness, but only needs to collect and cherish the small, simple joys every day. As long as we live, we are happy; as long as we live, we have a future; as long as we live, we are lucky… Just like that, “dancing” with the storms of the heart with the mindset of someone who believes in tomorrow, then the storm will pass without us knowing…