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Remind Yourself How Many Things You Have Survived
You will survive the fallout from the pandemic, too — you are stronger than you remember
When we are faced with a crisis on a world wide scale, and we hear the word “unprecedented” over and over again, it is easy to scare ourselves into thinking this is something too big for us to survive. We have no precedent for this event, that is true. But what we do have is our own experiences that point to the fact that we are strong, and we can survive this, too.
When I look back at my life, I see how I survived things that tried to crush me — things that felt insurmountable at the time, making me question whether I would survive them. I know you have experienced those things, too. We all have. We can’t escape it. It is a part of the human experience.
It is important at times like this to remind ourselves how strong and resilient we are. To review all the things we have lived through when we felt like we would die. To affirm our ability to suffer, and get back up, and keep living. We need this reassurance from our own experience to remind us we can make it through this, too.
If you make an inventory of all the hard things you have survived, you may be surprised at what you have endured and overcome. It may make you a little less afraid…
