We all
need a little help these days. You really never can tell what someone has
struggled with, what they’ve been through, that may drive how they are acting
or acted. We’ve all been through things. Some much worse than others. Some try
to hide it, some use it for motivation and some hold it as an anchor that drags
them down to the bottom of the sea of life. Dwelling is hard not to do. Who
doesn’t think of the past? Who doesn’t think of their past, their decisions or
the decisions of others that have impacted their lives. Impacted who they were,
who they are, and who they became or will become. As a younger person, in my
teen years and early 20’s, I used it as motivation. In my 20’s and 30’s, I
guess I cut that motivation apple in half and then it became a point of
reflection. In my 30’s, the apple was half reflection and half anchor as you
reflect on some of the bad decisions you made. Ironic, we never seem to reflect
on the positive decisions we made. Not too many memorable repercussions come
along with positive decisions or experiences. Sometimes it’s a trigger that
makes us reminisce about those experiences. With everything, we learn. We learn
about ourselves the most I believe. For the most part, we try to rid ourselves
of those things in our life that cause us to struggle. Ironically, we sometimes
can’t always eliminate people in our lives that we believe cause our stress and
struggle. I guess in essence we are hurt by things that we are most passionate
about. Hopefully, the tide turns and starts moving you forward instead of
pushing against you. We all need a little help…from the people around us, from
the person inside us, and a little push from Mother Nature never hurts.
What we know of other people is
only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. – T.S. Eliot
