I know of a man named James, he is 60. Few Years back. He was travelling in a public bus alongside other passengers. Their journey started well and all of a sudden, their car was involved in a fatal crash. All the 15 passengers in the bus together with the driver died. Only James and one other passenger came out unhurt and alive while every other person died. Looking bad, this is one incident that shook James to the core of his being. His life never remained the same after this incident.
Sometimes, life shakes you and shocks you to the core of your being. Certain things happen to us in the journey of life that completely rocks your world. We often experience tragedies, catastrophe, disaster, loss, even a promotion, miraculous healing, unexpected survival and a remarkable event in our lives that shakes things up in our lives, shocks us to the core and leaves us speechless and dumbfounded. Our lives never remain the same after such incidence, our perspective on life usually changes, we are completely and totally changed for good, we are entirely transformed by the particular incident and the incident becomes a point of reference that our life moving forward centers on.
Each of us could look back and remember this one experience in their lives that rocked the foundation of their being. It maybe a loss of a mother or a father, it maybe the moment you are fired from your job, it may be an unexpected sickness, terminal illness or a life changing surgery. It may also be an unexpected good news etc. When we are shaken to the core of our being, our priorities in life changes, our worldview shifts, it is a moment of reevaluation and reassessment on what really matters and what really doesn’t matter. When we are shaken to the core, it is a moment of reality and soul searching, It is a defining and definitive moment, it is a moment of fashioning a road map for yourself, it is a time of figuring our the direction you want your life to go moving forward, It is a time to give a serious thought about life, why we are here, what we are sent in this place to do, our mission, It is a moment the fragility of life becomes clear to us, It is a time our vulnerability is exposed and challenged, it is a time of eye opening, it is a time to decide whether to follow the crowd or not, it is a decision making time and it is a time of our humanity is put to the test
Shaken to the core could lead to a positive or negative results or consequences. Life is all about what you make of everything that happens to you in life and how you respond to everything that happens in your life, the good the bad and the ugly. You can either allow your negative/positive experience to make you or to mar you. It depends on you. Life happens, things happen, do we have control sometimes, absolutely no, but we certainly have control of what we make of what comes our way in life. If we allow ourselves to be broken by it, it is up to us. If we allow ourselves to be built by it, it is up to us as well.We cannot escape the shaking of life. Some of us have been shaken in the past, some, presently, some in the future. Sometimes, we fall under the crushing burden of life, it is what it is.Do not allow yourself to be swept off your feet. Stay calm. Do not allow yourself to be intimidated by what life serves us sometimes. You are stronger than you think. You have all it takes to handle every situation that may come your way. Put away fear, stand tall and remain unshaken, rocks in the river are constantly under the attack of flowing water, trying to sweep it off, but the water comes and goes but the rock still solidly remains. You are like the rock, things that come against will come and go, the attacks will come and go, but you will withstand all, you will overcome all, you will survive all. Be encouraged, be inspired, be motivated.
