Sometimes it is necessary to move forward, not as an option, but as an obligation. An undisputed psychic connection. The fusion of a luminous and resistant material that must cover our hearts to allow us to move forward, as if nothing could take away our hope, as if no one is powerful enough to deprive us of the opportunity to be happy again.
We have all been through that, we have all been stuck at a specific point in our lives, when this happens, our universe is distorted, we are lost and disconnected, anchored in a strange and suffocating dimension, we know very well that everything that stays still or adheres to something deteriorates, just when standing water begins to smell.
“The secret to moving forward is to start walking. ” ? Mark Twain?
When we go through complicated and difficult moments there is a part of our brain that encourages us to move forward, it is the voice of logic, one that aligns with what the people closest to us tell us, when they try to encourage us and care about us. us: they give us the best support and the best words, however, there is another part of our brain that resists change and is completely linked to the painful facts that took away your calm, and above all, to the sense of security.
Moving away from something or someone, giving up anything that identifies us as a job or a friendship, puts us on alert. A complex situation that needs to be managed in an appropriate, meticulous and judicious manner.
In addition to removing this whole cluster of negative emotions that haunt us, it is necessary to understand in advance this emotional knot to understand and unragise it, a situation so complex that, if we can control and decipher, it will give us the impetus to understand that we must move forward.
Sometimes we underestimate the wonderful resilience and resilience that each of us has within us, in our hearts, an indestructible rough diamond capable of illuminating our paths. To delve into this idea, it is worth knowing a small story that will certainly make us think.
We all saw the famous poster with the following phrase: “Stay calm and continue. “Staying calm and moving forward is probably one of the best-selling messages in the field of personal growth. However, its origin is quite curious. To get to know him, he had to travel to the British capital, London in 1940, until World War II.
The government knew that the situation in the UK could not be more complicated, the war was at its worst and german army bombs regularly hit cities, they needed defensive instruments, not only in terms of weaponry, but they needed to raise the morale of the population, to feed the famous British phlegm so that the spirits would not disintegrate in this context.
To do this, they created several posters to put them on the street, in this way several proposals have been created such as:?Will your bravery, your good humour, your resolve bring us victory?(Your courage, joy and determination give us victory) and “Stay calm and move on” (“Stay calm and go on?”). The latter was the chosen poster and more than two million copies were printed. It can be said that much of the overall budget has been invested for this project.
The question is, was this impressive and well-meaning help helpful?The answer is simple: it wasn’t necessary. These posters never showed up on the streets. Winston Churchill considered them inappropriate because the English did not need paternalistic messages. People already knew very well that the only possible option was to get ahead, fight and trust. Does human beings already have their own mechanism to draw strength from adversity, resist and succeed?
Putting these messages on the street would be little more than a joke or a joke, so they hid, hid and destroyed much of them, so that no one would discover that they had invested a considerable sum in something that was simply not necessary.
In 2000, they accidentally found part of it in an old bookstore. Was the discovery so surprising that it didn’t take long for a phrase created decades ago to be known and popularized?
“Success is about moving from one failure to another without losing your enthusiasm. “Winston Churchill?
The human being is made of indestructible matter and it is in his genes to resist and persist, but what can we do when we lose our enthusiasm? How do we react when we have stuck feet, sad hearts, and minds filled with negative thoughts?
Finally, the most important step is missing: gaining momentum. Moving forward is an act of faith, of self-confidence and in your own resources. Something we can all do to achieve a fuller and more fulfilling reality. The reality we deserve.