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Life and Coping Skills
What to do When The Devil Comes Knocking at Your Door
Life’s complicated nightmare comes for everybody, and it can feel like you’re in an overwhelming storm and the devil’s knocking. What we do is what’s important. Are you ready for the worst stress and worry you’ve faced?
Whenever all hell breaks loose, it’s easy to feel pity for yourself. Maybe it’s the loss of a job, a relationship, the death of a loved one, or something worse. On any given day, thousands of people learn they have a serious health condition. Some will hear the dreaded word cancer.
Whether it’s a tragic event, like the loss of a home due to fire, or an unforeseen life emergency, we all go through them. There are no ways of avoiding such events forever. But, we can tackle them better than our first instincts might push us towards.
“The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you got to be willing to take the hit…