The blood of the moon falls but rare.
And from it a suffering man can never know.
A herald of a storm to come.
A time of turbulence and despair.
But know that this moon,
like all others shall wane.
And the next shall wax.
Tag: suffering
Grieving the Self
Hello fellow zebras and spoonies. It’s time for another talk about grief. Yup, I talk about this topic a lot. Why is that? Well, because grief is a fundamental part of the human condition and it is something that we aren’t very good at dealing with. I believe that by having better conversations about our suffering and grief, we can become better at coping and gain resilience.
Continue reading “Grieving the Self”REJECTION SENSITIVE DYSPHORIA
There is a truth that comes with having chronic illness that isn’t often talked about: we get rejected. This rejection comes in many ways. We are told that we are not good enough, not trying hard enough or we are compared to other people. We hear phrases like “Why can’t you be like your sister?” We loose friends because they don’t understand our daily struggles and we don’t always know how to talk about them.
Continue reading “REJECTION SENSITIVE DYSPHORIA”Suffering
Suffering is a universal human experience. Humans suffer whenever they are denied something that they desire. The degree of the suffering is directly correlated to the degree of the desire.
Why is this important?
Continue reading “Suffering”Finding Comfort in Impermanence
When we talk about “nothing lasts forever” people generally start hearing the song “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas playing in their heads. Yes, this idea does mean that we will not last forever. We are mortal. But there is a lot to this that is very powerful if you let it be.
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