RE: Sipping from the chalice of victory
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I've had my share of defeats; some small and easily dealt with and others were life-changing moments that knocked me down and threatened to break me but...I don't break easily so here I am still rockin' it like a Titan!
Man... currently I feel like I am going through the valley and I am not on the mountaintops. I am in a moment where despite my best efforts to succeed (and succeeding many small things), overall I feel like I am losing.
I do take comfort in going from success to success but there is so much that is just... wrecked... I am trying my best to keep my head above water since I have three kids(teenagers) and a wife with a disability to look after. I worked myself through illness and into further illness...
I won't give up. I hope to sip from the cup of victory eventually.
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Thank you!
Been there brother, been there many times.
I don't have a magic wand to wave around and make things better, there's no unicorn miracles on the horizon, no white knight to come along and save the day...there's just you; your thoughts, attitudes and actions.
Brutal as fuck, no doubt.
But...then there's this you said.
So there's a way forward, though it may be hard, seem an insurmountable obstacle and along the way you may be filled with doubt, despair, anger...all of that and more. But, "I won't give up," sounds like you're giving quitting the big fuck you and that's what it takes, over and over again.
You're on the right track there, and with the small successes which will give you momentum or even just some padding when shit falls into a heap. It's one of those successes that maybe causes you to get the fuck up again, dust off and take another step into the fray. It was thus for me and slowly, really fucken slowly at first, things started to change.
I don't know if this will happen for you although I'm totally, one hundred percent sure the opposite will happen unless you stick to that never-quit attitude.
There's a lot of moving parts and even the best plan never survives intact when contact with the enemy occurs, things go wrong as they will for you too, but keep pushing until you die...and when you die, get the fuck up, brush off and keep going.
You can also reach out on Discord if your mental health could use a cuddle and the demons a fucken throat punch or two...I'm happy to provide both.
Thanks big brother. 🤝 (I say this out of respect. You are my senior and I appreciate you.) I shall try get on Discord for a bit.
Honestly, I have been fighting a lot of the stress of my situation on my own. I can't talk to my dad about these things. That's a whole other situation and he is incredibly negative. I know that opening up to him would just bring a lot of "I told you so" and "I knew everything would get fucked in the end" But he also has been saying so for decades.
Speaking negatively and not actually preparing for reality has led him, and me, to a lot of the valleys. I actually want to do an article on one of your Weekend Topics "What has been the worst advice you've received or given?" Which would be one of the things he said.
And don't get me wrong, my old man taught me MANY great things... but he became broken by his own fall and after that... we was mentally never quite the same.
Anyway... long story...
Meanwhile, I focus on my own life. I do not sit around and bemoan the life he set me up for, I am responsible for what comes next. Yeah... things aren't pretty right now... but it is not the end and it is not the worst... I shall not give up. Despite the shit I had to go through I have raised some fine kids. So I feel like all the bruises and pain and hardship is worth it. They stand on my shoulders and can reach greater heights.
Sorry man... where do I find you on Discord? I've poked around a few servers a lot of Hive people are on... no luck... if you can point me in the right direction please.
My Discord thing is the same as my Hive username.
OK, sending a request.