Shock Serves a Purpose.
- learnedman
- May 31
- 2 min read

Think of Lessons, Not Losses
You ever been shocked? Well I have! š
Not the jolt-from-a-socket kindābut the āWait, what?!ā kind.
The kind that snatches your breath.
The kind that flips your whole dayāor lifeāupside down in a blink.
Allow me to talk about.
ā”ļøLightning: Unexpected. Raw. Loud.
That news that hit you like a storm.
You didnāt see it coming, but once it struckāeverything looked different.
Your skies changed.
Your focus shifted.
And suddenly, what felt calm and familiar⦠got exposed.
Lightning doesnāt ask permission.
It just shows up and illuminates whatās been in the darkāin your life, your heart, your purpose.
Itās not just destruction; itās revelation.
ā¤ļøāš©¹Defibrillator: It hurtsābut it heals.
Think about itā¦
A defibrillator doesnāt bring comfortāit brings life back.
That shock hurts because itās waking something up in you.
That disappointment? That heartbreak? That loss?
It mightāve been the very moment your soul came back online.
We get numb chasing routines and applause.
Sometimes we need a jolt to the heart to remember our WHY. Yes our WHYā¦
That shock?
It brought your vision back into rhythm. (In my dance to the drummers beat voice.)
ā°Alarm Clock: Youāve been sleeping too long.
You hit snooze on your goals.
Snooze on your self-worth.
Snooze on your calling.
And that shock? That painful moment?
That was the alarm.
It wasnāt meant to scare you.
It was meant to wake you upāto remind you that purpose waits for no one.
Hereās the thing:
You didnāt lose. You learned.
You didnāt fail. You flipped directions.
You didnāt break. You became unshakable.
So donāt ignore the shock.
Donāt resent it.
Reframe it.
Let the lightning light your next step.
Let the defibrillator restore your passion.
Let the alarm clock push you out of the bed of comfort and into the action of purpose.
Because every jolt, every shake, every shockā¦
Serves. A. Purpose.
š You werenāt destroyedāyou were deployed.
You werenāt ruinedāyou were reignited.
And that shock?
Might just be the best thing that ever happened to you.
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