I had a great friend who frequently used some “pithy” sayings. He passed away a few years ago but periodically, one of those “pithy” sayings will pop into my mind. One of them was, “Lord, if you don’t help me, please don’t help that bear.”

My favorite was, “some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you.”

Ever had a day when the bear ate you? I know it does not sound very spiritual but most of us have had our share of those days and the view from inside the bear really is not something to write home about. But……it happens. And when it happens, we need to know how to handle it.

During this time of quarantine and a virtual shut down of life as we knew it a few weeks ago, stress levels have gone through the roof, fear lurks around every corner and the politics gets even nastier than it was before. Some days, the bear eats you.

I have always heard how the most successful people in the world are the ones who pick themselves up off the floor more than anyone else. Maybe, another way of putting is that they find a way to crawl out of the bear.

Pick yourself up; dust yourself off; learn from whatever caused you to be on the inside of that bear and make a commitment that this turn of events is not going to be permanent. At best, it is temporary. It does not define you. It is not a life sentence. It will pass. The sun will come up tomorrow and you will have another opportunity to be the one who eats the next bear that comes along.

Always in Pursuit!

Don