taking a break

Hi @Former-Member

We are all at different points - we all want or need to move forward - we all get stuck - we all have feelings and sometimes need reassurance about them or the lack of them - whatever -

And we are all at different points in our own story

Atm I am getting though these glorious autumn days in Melbourne knowing that winter is coming and I will be in here all the time because I will reach the hard times of my year and know I need people more -

But this is what I think about our journeys - we all go up and down - because there are hills in life - and sudden corners. Sometimes we find that we are in a place where the traffic rules are different and we nearly get knocked over by something we did not expect - and we have the good patches and the rough patches and places that are really ordinary and other places where it is strange and scary

But through all of the good parts and the bad parts we still need to check in and ask if this is the right place - and I forget who said it but maybe it's not a good idea to ask all the time because - imo - we might get confused with too many different answers about what is the right way to feel because there is no right way to feel

So keep battling on little pre-butterfly - life isn't easy but it's life -

I don't know your story yet but I will learn it - keep writing - keep in touch

Dec

Good list - @Former-Member

Ded

Thanks @CheerBear

It seems as if a lot of new people have come into the forum lately - so I would like to welcome you Cheer - and thanks for your thoughts

And @Former-Member

Just a thought on becoming a butterfly after being a caterpillar - caterpillars are fine - and being a caterpillar is the longest part of the life of a caterpiller to becoming a butterfly - and for a time a caterpillar takes a long break as a cocoon - before the short and beautiful butterfly state

Of course - the the caterpillar/butterfly - it might seem as if the life of the butterfly is longer and more wonderful and I am sure - totally worth the effort

My point - my life has been hard - but of recent years more beautiful - but I am sure I appreciate everything better in the later years of my life because of the hard parts earlier

As a bereaved parent I know the logo of the Commpassionate Friends - the Bereaved Parents Assocation - is a butterfly - signifying the return to life - in a totally different state and I like the symbolism - not just for one reason - but for my own life as I went through a terrible time and came out on the other side

I am sure that life would never seemed so beautiful if I had not been a caterpillar for a while - in the past

Work toward your butterfly state - I like what you chose for you avatar - it shows a lot of promise

Dec