“it do be like that sometimes” is starting to lose it’s magic a little
Me: This too shall pass
My circumstances: YOU SHALL NOT PASS
IRS agent: You have thousands of dollars of overdue taxes
Me: This too shall pass
With enough time it will.
Source: my wife works for a tax authority
Like a kidney stone
This has been my motto for years but now I have incurable cancer in the brain so I’m looking for a new one…
Will happen. Happening. Happened.
Just the fuckin way she goes boys
Trailer park boys, full of insight
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Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn’t… Fuckin way she goes…
Fuck you mean it’s just the fuckin way she goes?
Don’t know if it counts, but I often think about
when I face difficult situations.“You’ll feel better in the morning.”
I get a lot of intrusive, negative, catastrophising thoughts late at night. Worrying about things I would never worry about during daylight.
I always try to tell myself: don’t think about this stuff right now, it’s not helpful. Put it aside and if it still feels important in the morning then you can do something about it. Fixating on it right now serves no useful purpose.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
This resonated a lot with me during the pandemic shutdown.
That didn’t work… Next!
And when it’s a real big mess: In 100 years, nobody will know or care.
Yup, a big factor is realising that none of this actually matters.
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Just imagine that one person in Europe about 30,000 years ago who found himself stuck in some hole in the ground, alone and broken, finally dying of thirst and infection, who left behind four kids and his bonded life partner. They didn’t know where he went, and in only a season she had paired with another mate in the clan. Within four years anything said about this man had wilted to almost never, and forget about anything having been written down or logged in any way.
Forgotten to time.
It didn’t take long then. Might take longer now. But time will still forget us all. Make your mark while you’re around, because after that no one will give a shit.
“This too will pass”
True for both good and bad times. Good time? Enjoy it, since it will pass. Bad time? Endure it, it will pass.
I like its variant better: “This too shall pass.”
“Slow down for a moment, tackle one thing at a time” helps a lot when I’m anxious and overwhelmed.
This is really close to what I do as well. If I’m overwhelmed, I think to myself, “Just start with one small thing. Then do another small thing. Eventually, lots of small things add up to a large thing. Won’t get anywhere doing nothing and worrying about how much I have to do.”
“One day at a time. One hour at a time. Let’s just get through this one little task.”
It’s what it’s. My butchering of it is what it is
It’s’wh’t’s
Would that’t’were so simple.
It’‘’'s
“I am here, I move forward.” Might do for you. Say it, take the time to see where you are and what you can do next. Even a small improvement is valid, just make sure you move and don’t dwell on things you can’t control.
Best of luck.
The way out is through.
Days of thunder?
I’ve actually never seen it, but I might just watch it this weekend.
”I can kill myself tomorrow."
Sometimes it means one thing, sometimes another.
It’ll sound cheesy, but “Don’t Go Hollow” is that phrase for me.
In 2019, I was hospitalized for suicidal ideation. When at in-patient, we didn’t get much to express ourselves. Every meal, we ate with plastic utensils and foam plates and cups for safety. I would carve that phrase into the cups, along with a bonfire.
“Don’t Go Hollow” goes back to Dark Souls. It’s a phrase that means something in the game world, but it’s also metaphorical. What’s an avatar without the player? It’s like a body without spirit. You’re not progressing in the game because you checked out. If you want to keep going, you need to be present, to keep trying.
Other ones that come to mind are “This is a moment. It will pass.” which I said in the showers that scared the fuck out of me, and “Fall down 7 times, get up 8.” “Let it rip,” from the Bear is another one I like.
I gatekeep my own misery with perspective.
Knowing that there’s billions of people having a far worse moment/day/life keeps me intact. I have nothing to complain about.
This one has never helped me. It just has me wanting to give up so much more, overwhelmed by the pain and suffering of others along with my own.
This divergent response may have something to do with personality types.
