614 - You are never alone.

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

— Epictetus

I constantly see posts from people opening up about their personal struggles.

They almost always feel as if they were alone and that their situation was unique. While their situation may be unique to them, they are never alone.

One thing I’ve learned is that we are never alone, period.

No matter what you’re going through in life, no matter how dark it is or how desperate it may feel, you are not alone.

At any given moment, there are tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people who are going through similar or worse.

That fact makes any difficulty I go through more bearable.

Struggle, suffering, and setbacks are all necessary for business and in life. Without them, we wouldn't improve.

No matter what your belief is, it’s a fact that we all go through ups and downs.

Yet, in any adverse situation, there are people who freeze in terror and others who take action.

It is the acknowledgment that you can always rise when you have fallen that will propel you to get up and keep going.

It all depends on your mindset. How will you choose to react when adversity hits?

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

— Marcus Aurelius

When we stop pining over our the situations themselves and respond with emotional intelligence we can get past them with more resilience.

Even better. lift someone up with you on the way.

The act of helping others is naturally empowering. It bonds relationship and strengthens all those involved.

How can you help someone else today?