Standing Back Up

When you least expect it, trouble comes.  It falls on your shoulders like a weight and you either bend or crumble.  How to get up?  First, understand that surprises often drop you to your knees.  That is simply the initial reaction.  Now you face a choice, as you always do from moment to moment to moment.  How will you respond?  Will you stand back up, albeit on shaky legs, or will you lie down and let the weight suffocate you?  The only reason you do not get back up is because you cannot see another way.  Move the pain away from your eyes.  Dust off your heart.  Allow in the knowledge that you are never given more than you can handle.  Then why are you given these troubles?  Ups and downs are a natural consequence of life in the world of duality.  This is how you learn.  This is why you exist in this reality, for you have things to learn, experiences to get through or to fly through.  Rise above the pain until you regain the strength to move past it.  Most of all, remember that you are never alone.