I get it....the Lesson For This Month is
"You can get all kinds of junk thrown at you and still keep soldiering on."
I think what I'm going to do is go clean my messy, messy house this afternoon (it's really bad; if the health department checked personal kitchens - and I would not be surprised if that's been floated as an idea somewhere - mine would probably fail).
And then I'm going to come in tomorrow and grade the papers I need to grade. That's the only truly urgent thing I have to do. There's always other work ("Work expands to fill the time allotted" is only partially true; it's more like "Work will take over your entire life if you let it") but I can probably tackle that early next week.
And I'm going to skip the Tastefully Simple party I was invited to on Saturday afternoon. I know, I Need To Get Out And Socialize More and I know, I told the person, "I'll try to be there," but I just can't deal with the thought of it now.
And I also have to keep reminding myself that it's really only 10% or so of the population that are the really awful, make-me-despair-for-the-human-race people so I don't get bitter towards the remaining 90%.
But it would really be nice to get some kind of good news today for a change.
ETA:
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." (Supposedly written by A.A. Milne in Winnie-the-Pooh, though I don't remember it)
"I know God won't give me more than I can handle; I just wish He didn't trust me so much!" (attributed to Mother Teresa, but then again, somehow that does not sound like her to me.)
3 comments:
Yes, the best way to get rid of frustration and depressing thoughts is to channel this energy into some physical activity, preferably - useful one. Like cleaning the house (what you intend) or like making plum preserves (like I did yesterday). Or washing the windows (what I am going to do now).
If I keep thinking how bad the life, through certain people, has been treating me - I will dig myself deeper and deeper into gloomy mudhole. So out of self-preservation I need to stop thinking and start doing.
I'm sorry that this week has been awful for you. Good wishes and thoughts that this weekend will be better. Sometimes it just all gets to be too much.
Yes, love those quotes. They keep me going, too. Another one I like is "This too shall pass" because it always does...
Grace
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