Premanand Maharaj Ji
How do I avoid breaking down when a terrible loss or hardship hits me?
Pray for strength to bear it
When hardship comes, your thinking gets pulled along with it, and that is the time to hold yourself steady. Pray to Bhagwan for the strength to bear it and not break.
But pray to Bhagwan: if You give adversity, give us the strength to bear it. Let us not have other thoughts, and let us not break.