This Too Shall Pass ….
If I had a rand for every time I’ve either said it to myself, or someone has said it to me; a “this too shall pass” at a time would have made me a millionaire by now!
The only problem with this “insight” is that it does not help you in the slightest when “this” (whatever the current “this” in your life is) has not passed yet!
Yes, this too shall pass … like everything else – both good and bad.
That said, how do it deal with “this” before it passes?
My current “this” is a medical mystery, which has bee plaguing me for years.
I am in constant physical pain, suffer from chronic fatigue, IBS, nausea, dizziness, and (most recently) an itch that is maddening. The only thing worse than my symptoms is the fact that nobody knows what is causing me to feel this way! Just thinking about the thousands of rands which I’ve already spent in search of a diagnosis makes me want to cry!
“Take it one day at the time” – again, great advice … not really helpful though!! I’m past the point of platitudes! I don’t really want to keep going like this! I want to go to bed, pull the covers over my head and stay there until magically “cured”.
The thing is, I don’t really have any option but to carry on going … yes, one day at the time. And praying …. yes, that “this too shall pass“, sooner rather than later!
Have you ever found “well meaning advice” to be irritating?
What coping strategies have worked for you, when going through a difficult “this”?
Yes. Annoying advice. Says more about the person giving it than getting to the bottom of the situation, I find.
Somatising is the body’s way of telling us there is something in our memory we’re trying to block or ignore. Could it be?
I’ve worked on that angle, Karyn. I even spent 1 month in an in-patient psychiatric treatment centre! The great thing about that experience was that I got to the root of my Depression (which I’d suffered from – on and off – since my teens).
I can, with 100% confidence – state that (whatever “this” is) it’s not for lack of introspection or therapy! Honestly, psycologically speaking, I’m totally content and at peace (maybe for the first time in my life!) Every day I’m grateful. I have meditated on the question, and I get the same answer the doctors have given me … we know there’s something physically wrong but we don’t know what’s causing it!
Thank you for your comments, I always get something of value from them
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Someone I know always says “It’s not the end of the world” when I complain about something. SO irritating!!! and completely unhelpful! On the health issue, you may be content and at peace right now, but your body may be racting to something well hidden and past. Just as panic attacks can happen, not in a moment of panic, but long afterwards when you are not consciously stressed at all.
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