Bronc riders hold on with one hand. The other stays up and free. Not everything needs your grip at once.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
The free arm is not decoration, it is balance, and gripping with it would make the ride shorter rather than safer. Which means there is a limit on how much you should be holding at any one moment, and that limit is set by what you need in order to stay upright. Trying to secure everything at once is a way of securing nothing at all.
Count what you are currently holding with both hands. School, a job, a sport, a relationship, something at home. Pick the one that is genuinely load-bearing right now and let your grip on another loosen for a few weeks.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What are you gripping that could be let go?
MORE IN ADVERSITY, PRESSURE & RESILIENCE
- Rodeo athletes keep competing with bruises the crowd never sees. Most people around you are doing the same.
- You don’t have to feel strong to keep going. You just have to take the next step while feeling weak.
- Rowing at 5 a.m. in fog isn’t heroic. It’s just what the schedule says. Most toughness is that boring.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.