Choosing Hope in Adverse Times

Photo by Phim Truong The Bo

Let’s face it.
In life, we will face difficult moments that we don’t understand and can’t comprehend why it is happening to us. Life is not easy and we are challenged to sit in discomfort and we can only sometimes sit back and ride it.
Life doesn’t discriminate. Whether you’re rich or poor, there can/is still be suffering.
Suffering is everywhere, it just looks different for different people.
How do I hold onto hope during adversity and despair?
How do I fathom my feelings and emotions during difficult times?
And no - I’m not here to tell you the whole answers of your life and reasons why sometimes life doesn’t go your way.
I don’t have the secret answer.
But one thing I learnt is that I sit with my discomfort.
I learn to accept my feelings and emotions as they are.
I learn to stay calm, during difficult times.
Going through adverse events such as my Grandpa’s passing, I learnt that there is no one real way to grieve a lost and loved one.
I don’t always have my day planned out properly, and life surprises me many times.
I accept it as it is.
Each adverse event can only shape me and makes me stronger.
Again, I sit in discomfort and I hold onto hope …even the slightest and faint bit of hope is all I need.