Pain brings out the best in me
No, not the french word for bread. Pain, as in, ouchies.
#Emotional Pillar writings…
I thought I may not post on Sundays, as I love the idea of having a non-tech day, and Sunday would be the best day for that. But, for now, I want to write.
Today has been a hard day, emotionally. I won’t go into it, as I’m not quite ready for that.
What I will say is that days like these make me feel so damn proud of of myself. In hard times, I find myself pretty much immediately jumping to the silver linings.
Before the event happens, I’ll think to myself: I won’t be able to survive this. And then it happens and… guess what!? I survive it. Plus some. In fact, as I get older, I think I start to thrive from it. And you know what? I think that is pretty f*cking extraordinary.
My husband often uses this quote: "Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times".
Even if I could, I’d never ever take the hard times back, as I realise that they are what makes me the bestest me. As we grow, so does our experience with adversity…. right? The more years you’ve lived, the more pain you’ve experienced. Alternatively, the more years you’ve lived, the more joy you’ve experienced… which sure as heck helps with the pain!
Yes, I struggle with anxiety (the reason I started this blog) and a range of other tingy ting tings (don’t we all!?), but hot damn I feel like the strongest, bestest version of myself right now, and I credit a lot of that to the pain I’ve experienced.
Simply looking for a silver lining,
Salty