If you live in the tropics like I do, you have most certainly experienced your fair share of tropical storms and hurricanes from time to time, especially when you live in what is referred to as the hurricane belt, which is where I reside. Now as Joel Osteen highlighted in another very inspiring talk he gave on television recently, in tropical areas like The Bahamas where I reside, there are lots of palm trees, especially in the coastal areas, along the beaches.
Now when hurricane force winds of 100 miles per hour and upward roar in from the sea and blow against the palm trees, they so often bend right over and may actually appear to be broken. However, just as soon as the high winds have subsided and the weather starts to finally return to normal, the palm trees stand right up again, they bounce right back to where they were.
Now this is a great analogy for life itself for nothing is more certain than the fact, that from time to time things will get real rough as the winds of change roar through every aspect of our life, both personal and professional. However, although the stormy times in our life may cause us to bend a little, we simply must learn to bounce right back after storms of any kind interfere with our life and plans for the future.
Yes indeed, we all need to learn an invaluable lesson from the palm tree, and that lesson is this in a nutshell. When rough, tough, stormy times begin to affect our life, we need to be flexible just like the palm tree and thus bend a little or maybe even a lot as the pressure on us increases. However, once the pressure on us eases, we must of necessity bounce right back, stand upright, and continue our journey on the road to success.
You see, during a tropical storm or hurricane, the power of the strong winds actually breaks so many other trees which are usually strewn all over the place once the storm has passed, but not the palm trees because they are very pliable, they are able to bend without breaking. You, my friend, must learn to do exactly the same thing, that is to bend a little from time to time and therefore not be too rigid.
In this way you will survive the storms of life that indeed do come our way from time to time as we progress through the seasons of life. Yes indeed, you've got to learn to stand up again after a troubling time in your life. You must be able to bounce back from disasters and go on to greatness. In short, bend, don't break.
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