I saw this on Facebook and thought how appropriate it is to
our monthly topic of success and failure. I’m sure we’ve all been knocked down
sometime during our lives. Health, loss of a family member and/or a job,
crushing defeat. So what do we do? Pull the covers over our heads and stay
there until “it” goes away? Or do we tough it out?
Or maybe a combination. Many times I’ve wanted to crawl
under those covers. But I had responsibilities, people depending on me. I had
to put grief on hold, suck it up, and do what needed to be done. Not always,
though.
Many times, I just retreated. Sorry to say, when friends
wrote, I didn’t answer. In hindsight, I’m sure there was some depression going
on. Especially when I lost my mom, mother-in-law, and a special aunt within eighteen
months. Still, life goes on. Eventually, grief eases. It never totally goes
away. You just learn to live with it.
Maybe success is getting back up after being knocked down.
9 comments:
Great words of wisdom, Diane. We do always get up, don't we?
Yep, we do, Margo.
Resilience under adversity. The key to taking that next step forward. Great post, Diane!
Thanks, Jannine. I like that--resilience.
Something to think about, Diane. They say what doesn't kill us makes us strong. I think we probably reach a stage where we think we're quite strong enough, TYVM!
LOL, Glenys. Yeah, I think we're strong enough, too. :)
So true, Diane. Sometimes we do have to crawl into our "caves" (whatever form they may take) and give ourselves time to recover. Real friends understand.
Thanks, Leah. You're right--real friends do understand.
Beautiful sentiment, the photo and your blog post. So very true. Sometimes life hands us things we aren't sure we can handle, but most of us just do.
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