I don’t know your friend’s problem but I would like to also add this: just remember, it may be a bad day, or month, or year, but it’s not a bad life. Just hang in there until the clouds lift; which they will!
Yep, I AM thankful to be here….. even as I work to reestablish my blog that I lost overnight and ponder the necessity to go outside and dig up part of my water line to repair a water leak — at 27°F (-3°C) — before the snow and/or freezing rain starts. Thankful to be here, indeed. 😉
Life is. Whether it is a good or a bad life is being judgmental and almost all our problems come from that single failing. I sympathise with your friend in the dark place. Darkness cannot remain dark for ever. Light has to come and it will. Your prescriptions will follow if that non judgmental patience can be found.
Dianne, I know that one only too well! Our day was dry and mild so I went for a walk, the body objected, so I took refuge in my favourite coffee shop and hid behind a mug of coffee for an hour, then I was ready to face the hill home!
I remember the day my husband died, after a long illness, I said: If I can get through this, I’ll get through anything life throws at me! I am managing so far.
Intellectually I agree 100% with your post.. Unfortunately personal demons do not always react/respond the same for everyone. Sometimes simply taking that first step results in being a wind-up duck stuck in a corner on a road to nowhere. That said, yours is a philosophy well worth emulating.
All good advice. Like Chuck (above) says, it’s not always easy to see it when you’re closed in to the dark place. If it weren’t for the rocks in its bed, the river would have no song.
And Finally…..
Sometimes it takes a lot of willpower not to react!
First time is the hardest!
We should never give someone else the power to dictate our emotions. Love the baby, GM.
blessings ~ maxi
At the end of the day, what other people think of us, is not our affair. It is their problem. Maxi, I thought the baby was cute.
I don’t know your friend’s problem but I would like to also add this: just remember, it may be a bad day, or month, or year, but it’s not a bad life. Just hang in there until the clouds lift; which they will!
Delores, I agree. We all go through dark phases in our life, but with patience, the sun shines through.
Yep, I AM thankful to be here….. even as I work to reestablish my blog that I lost overnight and ponder the necessity to go outside and dig up part of my water line to repair a water leak — at 27°F (-3°C) — before the snow and/or freezing rain starts. Thankful to be here, indeed. 😉
Mike it sounds like you had a bad day. Hope the thaw comes quickly and you solve the problem with your blog.
Life is. Whether it is a good or a bad life is being judgmental and almost all our problems come from that single failing. I sympathise with your friend in the dark place. Darkness cannot remain dark for ever. Light has to come and it will. Your prescriptions will follow if that non judgmental patience can be found.
Ramana, Life is a see saw and we need to learn how to find a balance.
Agree…
Four cups of coffee and all my pills and I might think I can do it, but my body sometimes has other ideas.
Dianne, I know that one only too well! Our day was dry and mild so I went for a walk, the body objected, so I took refuge in my favourite coffee shop and hid behind a mug of coffee for an hour, then I was ready to face the hill home!
I always tell myself that things could be a lot worse. I count my blessings.
I remember the day my husband died, after a long illness, I said: If I can get through this, I’ll get through anything life throws at me! I am managing so far.
Intellectually I agree 100% with your post.. Unfortunately personal demons do not always react/respond the same for everyone. Sometimes simply taking that first step results in being a wind-up duck stuck in a corner on a road to nowhere. That said, yours is a philosophy well worth emulating.
Chuck, I suppose the first step is really working out what ‘first step’ to take, and where you think or expect it to lead.
All good advice. Like Chuck (above) says, it’s not always easy to see it when you’re closed in to the dark place. If it weren’t for the rocks in its bed, the river would have no song.
Sometime clambering over the rocks in the bed can lead to very sweet music.