Coming out the other side

Every business, every life, every marriage has times that are unprecedented. These unprecedented moments can be short or rather long in duration. How we come out the other side is what matters. We have the choice to learn from the adventure or we can bury our heads and hope it all goes away. And as we all know that never happens. Which leaves us with learn.

I have been preaching for more than a few years now but this preaching at a blue dot on a screen is just weird. There is no interaction with the congregation, no ability to read a face letting me know to explain my point more clearly or that I simply have lost their attention. So I can either learn or simply pray that everything will go back to the way it was.

We each know that certain things will return to the way they were, but we also know that not everything can or will return. Some changes will and indeed must be made. We need to determine how to come out the other side.

Now if you have been alive long enough you recognize this as just one more life adventure that must be live out and learned from. But that does not always make it easier. Taking the time to evaluate our circumstances now and actually look at what we want in the future will help us determine how to get there. So how do you want to come out the other side?

What changes might you want in place to make the next unprecedented event transition easier? What are you learning from this event that you can use to improve your business, life, or marriage? Each of us will come out the other side the only question is how. Will this simply be a bump in the road or will it be a major transformation? There is nothing wrong with either answer.

Not very many people look forward to change, those who do are best equipped to make the best use of events like these in their lives, for the rest of us, we must learn to adjust and adapt to the new situation in which we find ourselves.

If we look at this even like a wave it is easier to understand this basic principle. We will either be cast about by it's power, tossed and turned by each current or we can choose to surf. The same wave applies to both events. One we simply decide to take advantage of the power and opportunity. Which are you doing today?

Remember this is your best training for the next wave. Use it well and come out he other side ready to move forward.

Blessings.