Have you ever fallen? Hard? After growing up?
I have fallen—many times. It taught me some remarkable things. The first is this: nothing is gained by feeling embarrassed. If you fall, you have to handle it. And if you fall, there is only one way to handle it—manage yourself, stand up again, and keep moving.
Look, none of us lives in isolation. It’s like when you fall at an airport or in a crowded place—you check around before picking yourself up to see if anyone noticed. In the same way, whenever we fall in life, before we steady ourselves, we first look to see if someone else saw us. We fear that if they did, something terrible might happen.
But my friend, everyone in this world falls, and everyone manages it in their own way. So the first thing is to remove the shame within yourself for having fallen. When you remove that shame from yourself, you won’t shame others who have fallen. Because often, we try to embarrass others too.
“Oh, this happened? But things were going so well for you.”
Accept this, my friend: whatever is going on for them is what is going on. No matter how things were before, in what they are facing now, your role is to give them courage. They are already crushed by comparisons. They are already afraid. They remember a past where everything may have seemed perfect. But in this moment, celebrate their present with them. And begin by celebrating your own present.$BTC
