The scorecard for many of us in 2021 may seem to be tilted in favour of losses over wins.
It is easy to find only the downside of life in 2021.
“What do you want from me?
It’s not how it used to be.
You’ve taken my life away,
Ruining everything.”
The biggest and most most obvious losses include:
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Sometimes it is worth pausing and remembering that we are still here, still relatively safe and still have things to look forward to.
Even in this strange and turbulent world we are still getting some things right.
Our wins/wins this year include:
“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
How we face uncertainty and potential loss is the key to growth.
Experience what happens → Learn from the experience → Move on better, smarter and stronger.
This is an approach that doesn’t ignore the downside of life but uses the experience to grow and be better prepared for the next hill we have to climb.
Socrates might have been right (they had plagues in his time too): “Not life, but good life is to be chiefly valued.”
There are challenges ahead of us that we cannot foresee.
There will be times of frustration, sadness and loss.
There will be …… what will be.
We have the choice to live in fear and helplessness or in hope and willingness to live a life worth living.
“Therefore, once you have your minds ready for action and you are thinking clearly, place your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 1 Peter 1:13
And remember:
Terry Muldoon
Principal
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