The thing about storms is that they all have one thing in common, they pass.

And once gone, they leave you as a person different than who you were before you stepped in.

Before you found yourself consumed by its adverse conditions,

they are disruptors,

breaking down and shaking up,

but not for the sake of chaos itself. No, storms break us down so that we can build again,

so that we can find within ourselves the power and the strength that simply remain tucked

away during those sunny days.

And so walking up to this storm,

what you'll immediately notice is a break from the normal.

The every day.

An obvious detachment from the standards by which you had been living.

But don't be fooled into thinking those dark clouds and heavy winds have nothing of value for you.

Don't be tricked into thinking the rain will consume all the good in life.

Because at the end of the day,

it's that very rain that washes away the excess

and leaves the meaningful.

We don't grow despite the storms.

We grow because of the storms.

So compose yourself and embrace what's around you.

Amidst the storm, you might realize

that you don't want some of the things you thought you did.

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