It is inevitable, there is nothing you can do about it. Something will knock down your castle.
Even though you cannot stop it, what can you do about it after it has happened?
Sometime this school year, your castle was pushed down by someone. They may have done it on purpose. They may have done it by accident, but there was a time where you were hurt or bothered or pissed off because of someone else.
Sometime this past year, a castle was knocked down in your personal life. Maybe someone did it. Maybe there was no one who did it, there was no one who intended it, and it just happened. What’s worse, maybe you did it. Maybe you didn’t plan for something or maybe it was out of your hands. Either way, it happened.
What can you do about it now?
Get mad because it was knocked down?
Rebuild the castle?
Build a new castle somewhere else?
Leave the beach and never come back?
Build a wall around it and hope the ocean doesn’t come in an knock it down?
In some ways, our reaction to adversity shapes our life. You know people who have reacted to trouble in any one of those ways listed.
They get mad.
They walk away from the trouble.
They rebuild.
They rebuild and hope it doesn’t happen again.
What do YOU do?
Take some time (whether it’s this summer or during any point of the year) and think about your reaction. Not what you THINK you should do, but reflect and think about what you actually do. Being aware of your actions as opposed to your intentions can be revealing. Our memories of events are shaped by what we think NOW, not necessarily what we thought when the event happened. Paying attention to your actions will clear away misconceptions and move your toward more clarity.
Our actions shape our reality and trouble will come along the way. Whether the trouble was intended or not, it will still show up.
How we deal with problems affects other parts of our life.
When your castle is knocked down, what do you do about it?
