“Science shows that hardship leads to something better when it is used as an opportunity for self-assessment, a rare chance to reevaluate the basic premises of our life,” writes a buddy of mine, who went through a fair amount of PTSD (and growth!) in his career and personal life a few years ago, in his wonderful book, A Book About Love. Not always, but if the trauma doesn’t take away our capacity to look inward in an honest way, we have a shot of leveraging it, rather than being destroyed by it. Depending on the trauma and how we deal with it, hard things can indeed make us better. We either get stressed (PTSD), or we grow. This is the less-studied of two phenomena that happen when we go through something awful. (Along with other texts I’ve been gobbling up.) I thought I’d share three of these lessons with you, my friends, for the next time you find yourself in a personal funk, big or small: The first lesson is about post-traumatic growth. Most people at some point will find themselves in a metaphorical back brace, questioning their identity, questioning their self-worth, questioning their ability to move forward.Īnd in the swirl of my own recent self analysis, I’ve found a few bits of solace - and life lessons - in Bruce’s story. And I’ve been thinking about how to make lemonade out of the lemons.Įveryone goes through hard things. In the middle of my usual post-big-project slump (goodbye Dream Teams, hello depression!), I’ve been also working through some difficult personal stuff (prefer not to talk about it!). The power of these words have really affected me.Īnd that’s something I’ve been thinking about lately. I quote Bruce all the time in interviews like some sort of obnoxious person. I read quotes from Tao of Jeet Kune Do to pump myself up before I go up on stage to give speeches sometimes. These writings are among the most enduring parts of Bruce’s posthumous legacy. His whole life and career revolved around movement.Īnd in his depression, he battled the pain and despair by writing what became a book of his philosophies: The Tao of Jeet Kune Do. He couldn’t do anything physical for months. Three years before his death, Bruce injured his back while training. But that makes everything he did in his short life - and its still-resonating effects - all the more impressive to me. Technically he was a year younger than me. Have you been watched during your last operation? Can you really trust that new member of your group? Did you do enough to help that family the other day? Dark times need people with the heads held high, no matter what comes.Bruce Lee died when he was my age. There are no good or bad decisions, often you’ll have to choose the lesser of two evils and take the consequences. People disapear without a trace, taken by the official police, sometimes found dead shortly after. You’ll find out more and more about the cruelty, happening around your group. Through the Darkest of Times creates a sombre mood. That makes them more suitable for certain tasks but at the same time more vulnerable. They come with different personalities, abilities and views. Your members are procedurally generated on each playthrough. The bolder you are, the higher the risk – but you want to change something, right? Divided into 4 Chapters, Through the Darkest of Times follows the actual events of the Third Reich era, but your actions have a meaningful impact on your life, the life of your group’s members and many people around you. Gather intel about Nazi-Operations and make them public. You assign your comrades on important tasks: Produce leaflets or write messages on walls to inform the people what the Nazis are up to. Through the Darkest of Times is a turn-based gaming-experience. You are always in grave danger, if the Gestapo (Germany’s Secret Service Police during the Third Reich) finds out what you are doing, you might end up in prison or worse. So you have to act carefully and win the hearts and minds of the people, gather more followers, gain more support.Īnd most important: stay alive. But what can you do? Fight? A whole army, a whole nation against your group of five. In this strategy game, based on historical events, you plan the actions of your fighters. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times. Too few are standing up against the monstrosity of the German Reich. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know where that message will lead to, unspeakable horrors and suffering will come to the world.
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