Be the Light You Want to Follow
What I learned from my month wallowing in self pity
1. Swimming in self pity is like getting a colonoscopy. It's a shitty test but necessary once in a while.
2. This blog and I are both awesome and I have shiny thoughts
3. Dream shitters can fuck off now. Support my crazy ideas on the off chance they're not crazy and you're just afraid.
4. It's OKAY to feel good during a month of wallow and tell funny stories about tragic things or during funerals. You can't force people to "lighten up," but when they do it, you can bask in the glow.
5. I'm sad that my mother is Attila the Mom, but that isn't about me. She has sickness and also did the best she could. I know that. I'm still never going to speak to her or any biological family. I don't see any point. Not from hopelessness, but from awareness. They lack that "be nice" gene. I wish them peace.
6. The goodness or badness or lesson comes from experience only on reflection. Destiny looks only backward.
7. Feeling all the pain heals. It's like picking up the pieces after an explosion. Repressing feelings is like holding a beach ball under water. After a while, we get tired and the ball pops up and bashes us in the face. Better to let it up to float away.
8. Grieving heals.
9. Mistreatment leaves a scar. There is no "magic" in "forgiveness." Forget leads to future mistreatment. However, we can learn to remember with compassion for ourselves and the person who harmed us. US first, though.
10. Reframe failure as the steps to success. No one criticizes a baby falling down when it is learning to walk, so why beat ourselves up for making mistakes? I am an emotional baby taking my first steps into self awareness.
That's it. I'm going to expand on each of these points as chapter heads. I hope to have a completed rough draft by the end of February. I feel that's a very ambitious goal and I think I can do it. I choose happy.
Kind comments welcome.
My mom passed away during the month of wallow. Weird.
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