The purpose of the storm

We don’t always see it at the time, but storms have a way of bringing clarity.

When everything feels like it's falling apart, plans unravel, relationships shift, routines collapse, it’s easy to think we’ve failed or that life is working against us. But what if the storm is serving a purpose?

There’s a quote, “Every storm in your life has two purposes: to destroy what isn’t solid… and reveal what is.”

Storms don’t arrive quietly. They disrupt, dismantle and demand attention. But often, what they destroy is what was already unstable.

The habits we’ve outgrown. The roles we’ve clung to. The relationships built on routine instead of real connection.

And when the chaos settles? What remains is what was meant to. The solid stuff. The parts that are real, steady and worth rebuilding from.

As someone who is constantly redesigning the inner and outer frameworks of life, I’ve come to appreciate the value of things falling apart. It’s not comfortable. It’s not tidy. But it’s necessary.

We can spend years perfecting the surface, but when life puts pressure on the foundations, only what is genuine holds. Sometimes, we need the storm to show us what that is.

So, the next time you find yourself in the thick of it, pause and ask:

What’s being stripped away? And what is still standing? Because that’s your true structure at that time.

That’s what you build from. And that’s where your next chapter begins.