This post was updated on 12/6/17. Please click here to be taken to it.
Life is an expert at guerilla warfare. It loves to sneak up and ambush us with deadly precision in our most tender spots.
When it happens, we’re shocked–stunned. We can’t think; we can’t breathe. Panic sets in along with Terror, its BFF (Best Friend Forever).
We’re helplessly spinning, free-falling into the abyss, ripped from our moorings.
We’re absolutely convinced that we are being obliterated. If, by chance, there are any pieces of us left, we’re positive that they’ll be so infinitesimally small that we’ll never find them much less be able to put them back together.
We are convinced we are going to die.
Recovery is so far-fetched and outlandish of an idea that we don’t even consider it–it isn’t even the teensiest-tiniest blip on our radar screen.
But recovery is possible. While you may never be able to get back the life that you had before the deadly ambush, you can go on and build a life that you are proud of, one that’s fulfilling and that gives you great satisfaction and peace.
Even though this seems possible, it can be done. Not by quitting, giving up or giving in, and not by throwing in the towel. As yesterday’s quotes point out, Life’s Ambushes and the resulting panic and terror are conquered by taking action (click here to be taken to yesterday’s post).
Do not dismiss, sneer at, or look with contempt or derision at taking teeny tiny bits of steps. They add up over time! As long as you keep taking the tiny bits of steps–being relentless about it–you will crush it, guaranteed.
The reason why is precisely because Life is a guerilla fighter. It can’t last through the long haul. And Life can’t handle it when you charge at it by taking action.
If you keep at it–keep taking action by regularly taking little tidbits of steps, Life will quit first. It will blink first. It will be the first to slink away with its tail between its legs.
Your homework today is to take the next step. Break it down into little teeny tiny jots–specks small enough that you know for sure you can easily do them. Then do them!
You can do this, you are not alone. I am with you, cheering you on. I believe in you and I am convinced you can do it and that you will do it!
I am so proud of you for taking one jot of a step, then a speck of a step, then a crumb of a step…. You are AWESOME!
Your Friend and Pep Pal,
Lauren
Yes I Can Pep Talks 
One thought on “When Life Ambushes You Hard”