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

Think of Lessons, Not Losses
You ever been shocked? Well I have! đ
Not the jolt-from-a-socket kindâbut the âWait, what?!â kind.
The kind that snatches your breath.
The kind that flips your whole dayâor lifeâupside down in a blink.
Allow me to talk about.
âĄď¸Lightning: Unexpected. Raw. Loud.
That news that hit you like a storm.
You didnât see it coming, but once it struckâeverything looked different.
Your skies changed.
Your focus shifted.
And suddenly, what felt calm and familiar⌠got exposed.
Lightning doesnât ask permission.
It just shows up and illuminates whatâs been in the darkâin your life, your heart, your purpose.
Itâs not just destruction; itâs revelation.
â¤ď¸âđŠšDefibrillator: It hurtsâbut it heals.
Think about itâŚ
A defibrillator doesnât bring comfortâit brings life back.
That shock hurts because itâs waking something up in you.
That disappointment? That heartbreak? That loss?
It mightâve 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 WHYâŚ
That shock?
It brought your vision back into rhythm. (In my dance to the drummers beat voice.)
â°Alarm Clock: Youâve 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 wasnât meant to scare you.
It was meant to wake you upâto remind you that purpose waits for no one.
Hereâs the thing:
You didnât lose. You learned.
You didnât fail. You flipped directions.
You didnât break. You became unshakable.
So donât ignore the shock.
Donât 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 shockâŚ
Serves. A. Purpose.
đ You werenât destroyedâyou were deployed.
You werenât ruinedâyou were reignited.
And that shock?
Might just be the best thing that ever happened to you.
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