One day at a time ... one hour at a time ... one minute at a time... one by one it all gets done. - Joe's OP-1 Highway
Sometimes life deals you a blow that you don't like, you don't understand, and you just can't change. After the storming and the crying and the throwing-of-things are done, at some point you just have to pick up the pieces and move on. It's not easy, and there are seldom any shortcuts other than time's passage itself. It can be hard to stay positive. It can be hard to stay engaged. It can be tough to focus on anything at all, let alone the minutia of daily work and living. Sometimes it's hard to remember why you were so recently happy and seemingly carefree, especially when life came at you fast *and* unexpectedly. Nationwide's recent string of TV ads illustrates this beautifully. It's hard to laugh when you go in expecting to witness a miracle and find a tragedy instead.
Life does go on, and the best antidotes to the blues I've found (beyond the aforementioned blessing of time itself) are true friends and humor, preferably combined together. Laughter is contagious and healing. Looking for the silver lining in the cruddiest of situations can be both helpful and humorous, especially if you need to stretch the boundaries of realism to find even one (which of course is when you would need it the most). Sometimes when you can't see even a hint of a silver lining through the grey clouds, that's when you need your friends to point it out; they can usually find at least one and polish it bright and shiny for you. I want to thank every one of my friends near and far for helping me through life's clouds of all sizes.
Lying in bed late at night though, when the friends and humor are still, and when the silence and darkness are overwhelming, I find it best just to focus on getting through the next minute or two. When I can accomplish that, I focus on the current hour, then the one after that (all the while hoping to fall into the arms of Morpheus). It makes it easier to get through the day, one moment at a time. Life does go on, regardless of our own dramas and traumas, and sooner or later the clouds pass on and the sun comes back out to warm our faces again. If you're in your own blah, hang in there and make it through the next moment or two. Sometimes just surviving is enough.
All my best to you :o)
~Brooxi
"After all, tomorrow is another day."
- Scarlett O'Hara
c Stephanie Brooks 2008
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