You don’t know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have... or whatever.
I’ve got too many of these.
The biggest one though is my mental breakdown after months of drug and alcohol abuse. It was fucking horrible for me and anyone close to me, but it was the catalyst for the most significant positive change I’ve ever made in my life and am continuing to make.
Almost all of the best things in my life have come from similar sliding doors moments where I’ve had my hand forced in terms of making difficult decisions. I think sometimes survival instinct kicks in and our subconscious pushes us towards the best decision. That or the universe, or the spaghetti monster, or whoever.
I don't think I would've been where I am without the courage of leaving a marriage that wasn't working. I can't even imagine what life would be like.
<3 <3
You don’t know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have... or whatever.
I’ve got too many of these.
The biggest one though is my mental breakdown after months of drug and alcohol abuse. It was fucking horrible for me and anyone close to me, but it was the catalyst for the most significant positive change I’ve ever made in my life and am continuing to make.
Almost all of the best things in my life have come from similar sliding doors moments where I’ve had my hand forced in terms of making difficult decisions. I think sometimes survival instinct kicks in and our subconscious pushes us towards the best decision. That or the universe, or the spaghetti monster, or whoever.
After reading your post that just remembered a saying that, "Everything happens for good" but we worry a lot initially but realize it later only.
I have often said everything happens for a reason but sometimes you don't see it until well after the fact.
But also want to recognise that there are really shitty things that happen to people that should never happen to anyone.
Great read! For me, getting sent off against the lions means I’m not afraid of failing or feeling humiliated anymore
Sometimes we are so focused on how bad it was, we fail to see the growth that came from it.
I've read so many stories (holocaust etc) where these people have suffered so much but their resilience and zest for life is so strong.