Too soon.

Too little? .. @Gillie1

Don't be so sure. I've had days where if I could even manage to brush my teeth, I succeeded. And I've needed to frame little things that way at times and claim them.

Still do!

Remember that quote by van Gough? Something about there are no great things, only small things strung together, or something like that...

There is a time and place for wallowing and if I wallow I need to express it fully. My interpretation of that quote sounds like wallowing too I know but it is my reality for today. I have a T-shirt that I wear just for me that says "Suck it up Buttercup" which sounds like a harsh thing to tell yourself and if you mean it in a self-critical way it is.

For me, it's a cheeky reminder that while life can be really really shit, Dark times happen, Sometimes I need to sit and take stock or just wallow in my existential crisis and that's ok. But when it's time, I'll need to suck it up and try again. That isn't happening tomorrow but part of now is preparing myself for that. Talking to myself like it will happen, setting up that expectation. It's no longer an if but a when. It makes the infinite finite. The impossible, plausible and I can try and fail because I know the next day I can suck it up and try again.

We should start a quote-off thread. Points scored for aptness helpfulness and cheesiness 10 points each. LOL sorry to me quotes are a way of expressing concepts that I don't have my own words for. And yes I do like yours.

Sounds like you're made of strong stuff! @Gillie1

But I've heard that pearls are made in such a way, too: a lot of grit and grind...

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How about you? How is your wallowing going? I'm talking a lot.

As the saying goes: "time and patience turns mulberry leaves to silk"

In regards to my wallowing, call me a worm. 🥴

Silkworms can work away and spin a beautiful cocoon to nurture and support themselves as they change, I like that. What's left over can be spun into silk to enrich the lives of others. That can be beautiful, we all need our cocoon at times to curl up and feel safe and nurtured as we go through the painful metamorphosis needed to develop wings.

So true @Gillie1

Reminds me of a story...

There was a small child who came across a moth struggling to break free from its chrysalis. Witnessing such hardship the child was filled with compassion and sympathy. She reached down and gave the moth a helping tug free.

Yet, in so doing, she had condemned the creature. For she had robbed it of the opportunity to develop the strength needed to fly...

Sometimes, kindness kills.

There's truth in that when we see those in pain there's sometimes something in us that wants to fix things. While it's powerful to walk alongside someone, or just sit with them where they are when you can, you can't take away their struggles. Life doesn't work like that and when you try you often disempower the both of you.