Lose To Gain

Rita is not comfortable with her weight. A statement from her husband has been tearing her apart. She is determined. She is determined to regain her shape. When she met her husband, she was the curvy and adorable size. Her man derived joy to see how she received praises from peers from the way she had been able to maintain a seemingly perfect shape. She had been deliberate about, always ate right and light with reduced junk. The wedding was exotic and colourful. One year later, she became pregnant. That is where her journey with weight gain began, she lost the curvy shape, but they were blessed with a beautiful bouncing boy. She lost curves but gained a baby. Now she wants to lose the weight so that she can regain the curvy shape again.

Thomas Edison. His attitude was that every failure was astonishing. ‘I haven't failed I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work’, he said. In 1992, IBM was going to dodo way. It lost  $5 billion, which was the highest at the moment from any company. This became the turning point of the firm where the CEO who followed changed 1BMS strategy and was able to save the giant. Jack in the Box case was even trickier, in 1993 after clients ate contaminated hamburgers from the company; the results were four deaths and 175 hospitalizations. As a result, they executed stringent food measures and standards which helped the almost failing business coupled with even marketing techniques become one of the biggest food chains.

Job’s case can be one of the most significant individual losses of all times. Job lost all his belongs, his peace, his wealth, his children and his wife & friends turned against him. Nonetheless, Job remained steadfast in his faith and believed. After all the treble and tribulation, it is recorded that his fortune was restored twice as much as he had before. He again got children, four sons and three daughters. His daughters are noted to have been the most beautiful in all the land ( Job 42:10-14)

The process we undergo when we lose is not easy at all. It’s a painful process that can cause even the mightiest to fall. Only those that endure the loss, reflect on their mistakes (maintain right perspective since at times one may not have made any errors, but life circumstances happened) have a chance of making a comeback.