Today is September 2 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is "Can you move forward after losing a loved one?"
Losing a loved one as you navigate the chaos is one of the most common themes among those who have ever achieved anything.
Those who navigate the chaos understand that their pain of loss, even in their sleep, falls upon their heart. Austrian-German weightlifter Matthias Steiner is one such example,
Steiner won a gold medal in during the 2008 Summer Olympics after losing his wife in a car crash almost exactly a year prior to completing. In an interview Steiner noted that he told his wife that he would win the Olympics.
With her gone, and left with the motivation to do what he told her, he hit a huge personal record, clean and jerking 8 kilos more than his rival for the gold. In an intense display of emotion on the podium holding his gold medal, Steiner held up a picture of his wife.
The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus wrote “Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
When they make up they find a way to move forward and do not let the pain upon their heart stop their progress. Do you?