When Your Power Goes Out

A recent storm in the Mother Lode left thousands in the dark. To add insult to injury, temps were at or below freezing in many places, it continued to snow and the estimate for electricity restoration was not hours, but days. You can imagine the frustration of many folks. (Been there? Done that?)

And I was thinking about how we can have the "power go out" in other areas of our lives aside from our homes and community. We can have the power go out in a relationship. We can have the power go out in our family. We can have the power go out in our career and/or business venture. We can have the power go out in a dream for the future. We can have the power go out in our nation. There are just a whole lot of areas where something can happen that short circuits things and it leaves us in the dark with no immediate fix.

Some people respond by getting angry. Others ask the question, "Why?" While still others choose to remain positive (as much as possible while still remaining human) and hang in there until the lights come back on.

How do you usually respond to a power outage? Do you need to make a change?

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