KEEP HOPE ALIVE
Life can be tough. It sometimes feels as if everything and everyone is against you. So how do we get through? Is there anything we can do to ride the tough times and come out the other side relatively unscathed? How do we keep hope alive?
I have put together a few ideas to help you when you feel at rock bottom that will help you survive the times when you despair.
1) BE PHILOSOPHICAL
Believe things are unfolding as they are meant to. There is so much in life that we don’t understand. Learn not to believe everything you think. We don’t experience the world directly, instead, we see it through our biases and faulty thinking.
Some say we choose our difficulties in life in order to learn and grow. Whatever the reality/truth is, see the hard times as something that may have a purpose. When we believe that there is a higher purpose, it makes it easier to cope. We may not like it, or welcome it. but it can be comforting to imagine that there is some reason for the trauma. The concept of post-traumatic growth is relevant here — hard times can make you stronger and more resilient.