Well what a week! I have had 'one of those' where everything went 'wrong.' My modem stopped working, the phone was out of order, my mobile broke and I had letters upon letters from the bank, debt collection agencies and the lovely gas board demanding money I didn't have. Argh!!!
So what to do? I took a BIG and DEEP breath, wrote some letters and looked out of my window at the chaos of the world outside. I used a littel trick a friend of mine taught me and asked myself: 'what is good about this situation?' A weird question when you feel so shit! But I came up with: 'Well the panic is forcing me to actually communicate with people I owe money to, The lack of technology cuts down on my many distractions, The in-my-face suffering in the world makes me make changes so I can actually do something about it and, of course, the time I now have on my hands enables me to write, paint and cry. I like a good cry sometimes.
The day after this revelation the phone worked and didn't stop ringing with work, the computer shop finally found the problem and fixed it and my mobile suddenly started working again.
Sometimes, just sometimes, we have to retreat, recoil, sit in the sadess and chaos and lick our wounds. In this retreat amazing and wonderful gifts are transmitted to us to bring about magical and creative change.
Synchronicity does not always feel pleasant, but it is always synchronicity and it is always the natural order of things. Going with it, whatever it is, can only be a good thing.
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Your friend gave good advice. Sometimes it's hard to find the good in a bad situation, but once you do find it, the bad situation seems worthwhile. I see bad experiences as ways to build your character.
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I agree sometimes you just have to get things off your chest, and when your finished crying you always feel much better!