Brave

Did you know that getting fired makes you really brave?  Let me clarify, after it crushes your spirit like an ugly bug and causes you to have trouble getting out of bed for more days than you care to count, you rise like a phoenix from the ashes of your former self.  You emerge more beautiful and braver than you have ever been.  You start to realize that you have nothing to lose. You feel like this.*

Or maybe you feel like this.

 If you are really lucky, someone will say this to you. 

If you're like most people, you will have to say it to yourself, but that's okay too.  The point is that you are brave and (at least for now) you feel okay.  And right now, that's enough. 

*This picture comes from here