Yesterday, a close friend of mine left Vietnam to go back to his hometown. My mentor is one of the toughest people I have ever met. He truly cares about humility and the planet. He has experienced incredible moments,being attacked by wild tigers or lions in the forests or wild elephants in African desserts. Death didn’t seem to scare him. Nor did the recent chaos in the world.
However,…
This recent month, everything came at once - he got sick, his daughters felt more and more worried, his mum suffered an anxiety attack, all of his projects came to a standstill because his business partners were shut down. Every day his family would call him, asking him to return home, expressing their fear because of the chaos.
Worried, anxious, scared, … experiencing mixed feelings…week after week…I could notice his concern for some days due to all of the things came up…
It seemed these emotions affected him more profoundly than his previous encounters with death…I was worried but I also had a strong conviction, that he would figure it out…because he did it many times in the past!
And he did!
He took all of these in peace.
He figured out his work, he checked up his health. He went back home in the US to take care of his mum. Piece by piece …everything was figured out …
He already figured out many difficult things before – and even death! So he will this time and he is doing it!
So DO YOU! You have gone through many challenges to be here today, so you will this time.
If you are reading this, maybe you have experienced some similar feelings or you haven’t personally, but you may see people in all over the world experience such feelings.– and the truth is, we have gone through many other challenges before – and we will this time.
SITUATION DOES NOT DEFINE US BUT REVEAL WHO WE ARE!
Here are some ideas to keep us strong to take steps forward instead of backward:
1. See thingss as they are, not worse than they are
2. Go through things by re-defining your purpose – what matters to you and why do you do what you do
3. Evaluate your current performance in relation with achieving your goal – what works and what doesn’t
4. Create values that are suitable for consumers to consume in this moment in time
5. Work with others, collaboration can move things further
If we make the “virus” of being disciplined at taking care of ourselves and supporting others, we will together overcome this real virus.
Have a great week ahead my friends!
Yours,
Jen,
