It’s funny how the universe speaks to us.

As I headed out for a walk yesterday afternoon I grabbed my sunglasses, which might sound like no big deal, but I regularly forget them on walks.  

I needed to clear my head, get away from my computer, and walk off dinner.

As I got half a mile into the walk, it started to sprinkle, and I could see heavier rain in the distance, so I turned around. I wasn’t too worried about getting wet but figured I’d avoid the brunt of the storm and head home.  As I walked back, I was hit by rain on my right and the sun on my left.  I thought it was a funny sign based on the week’s events, you win some, you lose some, is what went through my head. 

Then the sun went away, and the rain came down harder.  I didn’t care.  I kept walking at the same pace, whether it was raining or 90 and sunny.  

That’s when it hit me, “Matt, this is how you have to approach the ups and downs every week, with the same speed and direction.”

As I made the half-mile walk back home through the rain, I smiled, knowing the universe was looking out for me and showing me how to apply what happens in everyday life to my business life. The fact that it was raining, literally, didn’t affect my pace or demeanor. So why should I allow it to when it’s raining, figuratively?

Friends, every day isn’t going to be sunshine and rainbows.  There are going to be storms, and it’s up to us to keep our shit together and work through it the exact way we’d celebrate a victory.