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screenlicker t1_ivznzoq wrote
Reply to comment by SirDonAffair in [Image] "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson by Butterflies_Books
I did some research. I believe this is the original: https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=2394
By Bessie Anderson Stanley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Anderson_Stanley
screenlicker t1_ivyrdb4 wrote
Reply to comment by Nykine in [Image] "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson by Butterflies_Books
Damn, this is good. Thanks for posting. What is it from?
screenlicker t1_itvc1kh wrote
Reply to comment by ihitrockswithammers in [Image] It's okay to start now by juniordaboo2g1
dear friend,
i began to establish a good social life at age 40. there is hope for you yet.
best of luck.
p.s. feel free to dm me
screenlicker t1_iqyhkj2 wrote
Reply to comment by DontUnclePaul in [Image] You can rise up from anything! by sasigona
I was thinking of dismemberment/amputation as well.
Really, I believe everything we do has some form of permanence. There is no going back: time runs one-way.
This is not to say that we can't learn from our mistakes or that we cannot grow or become better people. I believe that we all have that capability to some extent. It is a core tenet of mine.
But I had a music teacher say once about playing a wrong note, once it's done, it's out there -- there's no going back.
I believe it is true of everything. Good or bad.
screenlicker t1_iqyh82g wrote
Reply to comment by stiiknafuulia in [Image] You can rise up from anything! by sasigona
https://www.psychotherapy.net/interview/gilligan-violence
> "Of human beings, none are good but all are sacred."
screenlicker t1_j08vi58 wrote
Reply to comment by LightOverWater in [Image] My uncle passed a few months ago. Was going through some of his things and found this. Been pretty down lately, but this little poem comforted me. Reminder to try and stay positive. by majorgee
I believe pain and suffering and every emotion out there is inherently valid and that they are called feelings because we really feel them. They are real.
I also believe in the power of a positive attitude. It is not always easy and in some situations it may be inappropriate. I try my best not to invalidate any of my feelings of grief or loss or sadness or inadequacy by papering over them with a positive attitude. I don’t think that is helpful or genuine. I try to really feel what I am feeling and I will express it if I think that is a good idea, sometimes just thinking words and sentences explicitly, sometimes writing things in my journal, sometimes talking things over with a friend. After I have really expressed my unpleasant feelings, sometimes I am then ready to look forward and embrace a positive attitude. I don’t think anything you said is wrong. It’s just not what I personally took away from the post.