Found in an entry at Jennet.Radio, and actually taken from a longer piece at sugarfused.net:
I, for one, will not allow my spirit to be consumed by worry, doubt or fear. Those things may trickle in from time to time but life is too short to squander away on such things. I have to work hard at pulling myself out of the ruts I create for myself.
As they say, read the whole thing…
Pin I found myself contemplating some people I know recently. Some I have direct relationships with, others are friends and family of my friends. A thought occurred to me as I thought about some of what these people deal with that I wanted to attempt to detail in writing, so here it goes. Let me tell…
Pin On the other hand, when we are struggling, our first instinct is often to not get in touch with someone. It’s to isolate. I suspect that is because we live in a world that has been telling us to be positive. That feeling down shouldn’t be shared, lest we negatively influence our friends and be cut out of their lives. (Good vibes only, am I right?)
That’s not the way any of this is supposed to work.
Pin In between work conference calls today, I had the opportunity to spend my lunch hour talking to Tiffany Werhner and the Moments of Clarity audience about being a survivor and the importance of World Suicide Prevention Day. I enjoyed having the opportunity to talk a bit about some of the really important issues, especially the…
Over a week later and, yet again, I find myself disappointed in myself. I don’t know what it is, guilt, bad self image, what? It seems that every time I do less than perfectly at anything I just want to crawl into a hole and give up. Every time I disappoint someone else, especially, I…
Pin The words reminded me so much of a time in my life when I could have died and thought none of this was worth it. It also reminded me of why I didn’t – my curiosity. My desire to see what happens and “where the road goes” may have been the only thing that kept me alive back then. I didn’t have much hope to hold on to, but I knew enough to know that I didn’t have all the answers and couldn’t tell the future. Why not see what happens tomorrow and the next day?Â
Eventually, I found some lovely things mentioned in the song—people, places, and thingsI love.Â
Pin When Laura talks about the reactions she’s afraid of getting she is 100% correct. A big part of why I hesitate often to tell people when I’m struggling, feeling incredibly anxious, depressed, or just mentally out of sorts is because I absolutely do not want to hear about how many other people are struggling worse. I already know there are a lot of people struggling. People who don’t have the resources I do, don’t have the support I do, with poor physical health issues or being a part of an underprivileged group, etc. I know, and I understand that I am privileged to have the things that I do and the tools to try and take care of myself that others do not.
And yet, my struggles are still struggles. If I am telling you about them it’s because I need someone to know. I need to be heard. I need to explain what is happening in my own head to someone who will listen to me. I am not negating anyone else’s struggle by talking about my own. Please understand when I, or someone else you know, comes to you and tells you that they are struggling with our mental health, it has likely taken all of our energy just to gather up the courage to tell anyone, so when you deflect like this it’s devastating to us. We carry these heavy, heavy, burdens with us every single day of our lives and we simply need someone to recognize them and maybe help us a little bit every now and again.
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Nice quote Mike, thanx. Thanks also for the great links to other bloggers…I hope to connect with several of you through my new blog…”The Journey of a Purple Elephant” @ http://tomorrowisbrighterforusall.blogspot.com/.
Great quote! I love little bits of insight like that!