Hurricanes are known to be scary and often deadly . These natural disasters can make one feel unsafe , and in some ways out of control , similar to life and the many disappointments and mishaps it brings . Whether it is losing a loved one , losing a job , etc ., there are natural forces in life that can often make us feel like we are in a hurricane . There is nothing one can do to change the path of an actual storm . There ’ s little one can do to stop a hurricane in life from taking its natural course . It ’ s how we recover that makes the difference .

Despite the devastation of life ’ s hurricanes , I see a subtle beauty budding in the midst of every storm . Motivational speaker , Les Brown said , “ If you can change your mind you can change your life .” Essentially , he ’ s suggesting

that by shifting the way you think about something , you could possibly shift the outcome . Yes , hurricanes are looked at as a bad thing and can be very disturbing and unsafe for many storm victims . And I would never say they aren ’ t . However , in the midst of all the destruction and debris , there is beauty to earth ’ s natural disasters . According to the Weather Channel , there are several things that could be looked at as benefits of a hurricane .

Hurricanes can bring rain to areas of drought . They uproot trees that are unsteady and shed light on unstable structures that you might not have known existed . Life ’ s storms are no different . Mother Nature does not allow us to put the storm off for another day . It slows us down , and forces us to take care of things for ourselves that might have been overlooked . Hurricanes force us to take note of the areas that are in drought , ignored , and require attention . It might be sickness in your body , an automobile accident , a lost job , or lost loved one , leaving brokenness and debris all around you . Take a minute to question yourself . What areas of your life have been in droughts that are now getting replenished ? Author and celebrated motivational speaker , Lisa Nichols says , “ Energy goes where energy flows ,” which means , what ever part of life ’ s hurricane that you focus on will be magnified the most and reap the benefits of your focused efforts .

Getting hit by the wind bands of life is almost guaranteed to break a few things . Hurricanes are powerful enough to break up large areas of bacteria in the

ocean . The ocean is so big and bacteria is microscopic ; there is not really a physical way to go in and clean it up . Tiny microscopic organisms gather together and after a certain period of time , there is a big mess in the ocean . Hurricanes are big enough and strong enough to mix up the ocean water , which causes them to be powerful enough to break up large areas of bacteria .

Sometimes when bad things happen in life , it takes us by surprise . Due to survival mode , sometimes we as people can put ourselves in situations that may be toxic . We stay in the situation so long that we are swimming in a pool of bacteria , toxins and pollutants that may seem to be impossible to break , similar to bacteria in the ocean before a storm . What areas of your life are polluted that this storm has now disturbed ? That lifechanging event that the hurricane threw your way broke some things . It caused some shingles to fly off of your comfort zone . Your brokenness has created a pathway for positivity to flow your way . Only the hurricane of life was powerful enough to break those things . Only the hurricane of life was strong enough to break up the connection Steve Jobs had with his company Apple . Let me explain .

The late Steve Jobs was a very innovative and creative entrepreneur who founded the company Apple . As CEO , he made the decision to hire someone to help run the company . That person ran the company for a while but plotted against Steve . The treachery eventually got Steve Jobs fired from the very company he founded . He said he was publicly embarrassed and he did not know what

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