When all ups are down

Life is unpredictable, at a point everything seems fine, then suddenly everything starts to crumble. Sometimes it's not about poor management or lack of investment, it's just life squeezing out its lemon to who it has trapped in its snare. We can't study life in its entirety, nothing works the same way for everyone, what works for Mr A may not work for Mr B vice versa, luck and chances happen to them all. But when all ups are down, when the storm of life hits and the disasters of this earth roar, when all your bones grow wearies and your strength fails, gear your spirit to stay alive.

I met a man some years back who was rich and living well. He had established businesses in different locations and had multiple sources of income. Just when he felt he had it all, disaster struck, all his businesses crumbled and all his fountain of wealth dried up bringing him down to nought. Shocked that all his life savings had flown into thin air, he started to lose his sanity and almost ran mad. It was unbelievable that a man of wealth would suddenly become poor and beg for bread, he didn't want to believe it until he could not afford daily bread.

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Bless his friends who saw the need to change his location and that's how I got to know him. They contributed some amount of money for him and opened a small business for him to start while they visited him once in a while. He wasn't normal, his insanity could be seen from his behavior, he had to crawl out from being poor to living averagely with his wife who became his constant support and finally he's doing well.

Life is not always bed of roses, sometimes all ups may go down but that doesn't mean all hope is lost. We need strength to survive in this cosmos that's constantly striving to keep us busy with things that doesn't add value. When the storm of life hits, let our faith keep us standing, when the uproar of life groans, let our strength be our shield, and when life squeezes a lemon, make lemonade and drink it with a grinned face. When all ups are down, let your strength sustain you through the trying period until you could stand once again.