But the metaphor implies that there's a pie dish or something on which to assemble the pieces. If one hasn't even got that ground, that center, or if that's how one feels, the struggle feels rather like having to pull oneself up by the bootstraps.
You trust that you have the strength to fight the fight, you acknowledge the courage it takes just to have to fight the fight, you nonetheless give yourself permission to feel tired sometimes, you remember that the world is glorious and worth living in, you keep faith that you deserve happiness and love, and to be the best that you can be.
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Date: 2010-12-10 12:45 am (UTC)But the metaphor implies that there's a pie dish or something on which to assemble the pieces. If one hasn't even got that ground, that center, or if that's how one feels, the struggle feels rather like having to pull oneself up by the bootstraps.
You trust that you have the strength to fight the fight, you acknowledge the courage it takes just to have to fight the fight, you nonetheless give yourself permission to feel tired sometimes, you remember that the world is glorious and worth living in, you keep faith that you deserve happiness and love, and to be the best that you can be.
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Date: 2010-12-10 12:47 am (UTC)