Do you, like me, hate spending much time in desperate situations?
When there is nothing, and hope from anywhere seems so far away as the east is from the west. When you are on the ground and you don’t even have an idea of what to do. Everything just looks so blank and there seems to be no way out in the nearest future but you are at a point when you need a way out desperately and can’t even wait till the next minute. The feeling can be overwhelming.
You know it will be alright, you believe it’s a phase, you know you will come out stronger and better than before but the desperate situation does not want to agree to these beliefs and it’s showing things on the contrary.
What do you do when you need an urgent miracle such as getting a job, paying an overdue debt that has become embarrassing, feeding yourself and your family or taking care of people that depend on you, the threat of insecurity, homelessness, healing, relationships issues, to mention a few?
Situations that appear they can’t wait for future solutions. They are taking the best of you, making you seriously anxious, depressed, and miserable even in the face of reducing optimism.
You have hope but can’t imagine how you will face the next moment without a possible solution. Thinking about the next minute is scary. You need this sorted out now so you can think ahead. It’s just like a stumbling block on your way. It has to be removed for you to move on else you are stuck.
I hope you get the whole scenario. You understand fully or to a reasonable extent what I am trying to say.
It is real. Life can be hard no matter how you try. It’s not funny at all. We all face it.
What is the solution? I sincerely can’t say. I think you should:
- Just hold on
- Remain positive and allow the situation to work itself out.
- Keep doing what you need to do hoping the solution is just around the corner.
- Focus on things within your control.
- Reach out to others.
- Try to invest in self-care.
- Stay motivated.
If you think deeply, you had probably been in a kind of desperate situation before and you came out of it. And even if you had not, this will pass.
I know because I have been there many times and I can even say I am there currently. It all looks so dim but it’s just a phase. Do I like it? Do I want it? Definitely No. But I can’t help it.
All I can do is to
- Keep hope alive
- Pray and trust God
- Be positive, try and remove my mind from the situation
- Learn all the lessons I can learn from it and focus on the desired outcome.
It will pass. You will be stronger and better for it. Life happens but we keep moving on. No stopping, No retreat, No surrender.
We will overcome!
Cheers!
