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As we watched the horror of Hurricane Katrina, I remembered just like yesterday the Northridge Earthquake. The Earthquake took out several cities in Los Angeles, and Marina and my house got “red tagged” by the city. That meant you couldn’t live in your house because it was too damaged, and it had to be torn down or rebuilt. It was amazing: Whole neighborhoods were destroyed and it took about ten years to recover from the damage.
I suppose we could have just walked away and moved somewhere else, but we stayed in Los Angeles, rebuilt and carried on with life.
Some news reports have said will they rebuild the City of New Orleans? They will, because people do. It has been that way throughout history.
Will it be the same? No, it is usually better when we rebuild.
Ever rebuild your life, change directions in life, get a new job, find a new love? Is life better? Usually from disaster comes strength, and through failure comes success.
We are rebuilding something all the time, and to rebuild means that you knew something and now are creating something else, and that something else is usually better than the last thing.
The human spirit is a hard thing to extinguish, but doomsayers will always be around.
Don’t you be a doomsayer to yourself, don’t you stop yourself from becoming what you want and deserve. You can rebuild anything that you want to.
We have rebuilt everything that has been destroyed in one way or another. And we will continue to build and advance because we have the positive attitude that is exclusive to human beings and if you are feeling a little low today, think about feeling better tomorrow. As we think in our present, our future becomes what we are thinking now.
Some people will move and go somewhere else to start a new life, some people will quit, but I know the human spirit and it will always bounce back from all disasters.
You can bounce back also if life has given you a tough hand. You can succeed, and you can become better as an individual. All you have to do is try, and think that you can.
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