Naturally, what we feel firsthand is much more poignant and painful; however, we tend to magnify our setbacks and uncomfortable situations, often seeing problems in an exaggerated light. It’s normal to worry about what bothers us, but despairing only hampers our ability to seek the right solutions.
Each person reacts differently to events, as each of us has our own baggage and carries impressions that have uniquely marked us. No one comes out the same from similar experiences because feelings are personal and intransmissible, meaning each person will react according to what they possess, according to what they have to fight for and digest the world around them.
Even so, it’s necessary to try to maintain a minimum of lucidity and balance in moments of storm, when everything seems to crumble, when the world turns against you, or else the clouds will swallow your breath, obstructing the exits that always exist, no matter how invisible they may be. Problems tend to be the size of our fears, nothing less and nothing more than that.
The way we react to life’s vicissitudes will also determine the amount of difficulty that will stand between us and possible solutions to setbacks. Similarly, the people who walk with us will feel more secure and able to lend us a hand the less desperate and disbelieving we are. Unfortunately, our despair pulls everything and everyone into its paralyzing darkness.
As you can see, we need to try to distance ourselves from the situation that troubles us so that, from the outside, we can see it in its real dimension, in order to keep ourselves sufficiently aware of the reality that exists and the possibilities of overcoming it. Complaints, lamentations, and self-pity will not serve us in these moments; on the contrary, they will only paralyze our potential to rise again with dignity after each fall, each disappointment, each emotional gale.
You are not unhappier than anyone else, your pains are not the worst, your problems are not unsolvable, your tears are not the most deeply felt of all. Each of us goes through the storms that are unique to our personal journey, so there’s no use comparing ourselves to anyone else; after all, pain hurts everyone.
It is up to us to bravely face the tribulations that await us daily, keeping our minds clear and our hearts in tune with goodness, for when we remove evil from our lives, we can always count on the necessary help to walk towards the happiness we dream of, from now and forever.
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