Eddie Pinero
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Some people break. Others rise. Here’s why.

Some people break. Others rise. Here’s why.

August 13, 2025

I’ve always been in awe of it… how two souls can stand in the same storm, rain soaking their bones, wind knocking them to their knees…and yet one rises, eyes fixed forward, while the other stays on the ground, unable to move.

What’s the difference?

It’s not luck. It’s not an easier road. And it’s certainly not because the pain is lighter; sometimes it’s heavier.

No, it’s something softer. Something invisible. A decision so small you could almost miss it, but powerful enough to change everything.

It’s the decision to live, not just exist. To keep reaching toward life even when life feels far away.

I’ve met people who’ve lost everything: family, health, security, and still, they greet each day like it’s a gift. They’re not blind to the pain; they carry it. But they refuse to let it be the only thing they carry.

And then there are others who get stuck in the story of what happened to them. Who replay the unfairness on a loop until it becomes the only thing they see.

The difference? The ones who keep going don’t get there because they feel like it. They get there because they’ve learned something rare: that even in the darkness, you can still take one step toward the light.

I’m not judging either path. I’ve been on both. But I know this: life will hand you a thousand perfectly reasonable excuses to stop. You have to decide, every day, whether you’ll take them.

And maybe that’s the real miracle. Not that the storm ends. But that somewhere inside you, against all odds, you still choose to rise.

Continue to live inspired,

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