“You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?”

Robert Louis Stevenson

So. We always talk about how, every once in a while, people step up. Its the idea that someone seeming to rising above not only what you expected, but maybe what they expected of themselves. In general, stepping up is tied to a meaningful moment. I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that all of us face meaningful moments, therefore, we all face this opportunity we call ‘stepping up’ at least once in our lives (and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was actually dozens).

Life is funny that way. It can push pretty hard. And most times it will try and push you down or back.  And, in fact, sometimes it pushes so hard it is quite tempting to lose hope you can deal with ‘the pushing.’

 

This is where we find some personal, internal, traction.

When the world is pushing you sometimes if you look close enough you find hope, in order to push back, in the words of children, some song, a friend or in something your parents may have told you. Yeah. I just listed a shitload of external stimuli. Yeah. I’m suggesting that your internal fortitude often needs some external help.

I tend to believe hope is an intricate mix of internal and external and, in particular, you need to find this type of hope if you desire to push back.

And when you do, you push back.

Yeah. I guess I am questioning ‘stepping up’.

Stepping up seems inarguable and a seems a simple concept. It would seem to mean to rise above yourself. Maybe to do a little more or to show something special. It is often a moment in which people need more so you give more.

See.

That’s why I am not sure it is stepping up.

I think its finding something that already exists within yourself and you use it not to step up but rather push back on what Life is pushing you on.

Look. We all know life can be challenging and can push pretty damn hard sometimes and I believe we decide, or not, to push back.

Because when life wants to push you down or off the path you want to be on, well, then I guess we learn to push back.

Just ponder.

Maybe instead of thinking about a need to step up, the next time Life pushes you, push back.

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