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PRESSURE REVEALS YOUR CORE

Pressure does not change anything, it only reveals what is within. A piece of orange under pressure cannot produce lime juice, mango under pressure cannot produce coconut water, whatever is within a thing is revealed under pressure. Gold is not formed under intense heat, it is refined; diamond is refined and revealed in intense heat. You do not become what you are not because you were subjected to pressure, you reveal who you are.

We can be cool, calm, and collected in the normal and calm waves of everyday life. Our journey can be smooth, our responses and reactions can be flawless, but when hit by unexpected turbulence, what we do is a reflection of who we truly and deeply are. Pressure is the ultimate revealer, it reveals choices that echo our core values, and our unfiltered instincts. It does not invent our strengths or weaknesses, rather it drags them into the light.

Nelson Mandela did not become an advocate of peace and forgiveness in prison. 27 years of isolation and confinement would have made him more cruel, and more unforgiven, but his unyielding compassion for his tormentors became even more pronounced. His desire for peace helped heal a wounded nation, and restored unity to a place where discord, hatred, and enmity has once thrived. Pretense is not recognised under pressure, it is peeled off, and real comes to the open glare of all.

Pressure is never the villain, it is the mirror through which you see your true self. It shows you the leader who has refused to lead because of doubt, the artist whose innovative strength has been stifled by fear, the warrior who has always been there, waiting for the battle cry. When the weight of life tests your foundations, what is revealed? Pressure does not come to break you, but to show what you are built for.

To a better you, Kamikun John.