I don't know if this will help anyone, but it's what I'm using to avoid spirals: "Don't borrow grief from the future." - ThreadSky

c0nc0rdance.bsky.social • 167 days ago

I don't know if this will help anyone, but it's what I'm using to avoid spirals:
"Don't borrow grief from the future."

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boysek.bsky.social•167 days ago

yes, that helps so much.

thank you.

jgnat.bsky.social•166 days ago

felixsalyr.bsky.social•167 days ago

I’ve been saying to myself, “the stars persist and so do I”

c0nc0rdance.bsky.social•166 days ago

That's a good one.

krissiegel.com•167 days ago

Yeah, I need to save some of it for tomorrow!

cla-2.bsky.social•167 days ago

📌

dranniehickox.bsky.social•167 days ago

Very helpful.

ianscottmcgregor.bsky.social•167 days ago

my aunt told me this exact thing today.

paraguaijin.bsky.social•166 days ago

this is standard procedure in any psychotherapy playbook, and it sounds better the way you put it 👍 most of all, it's a great advice

torlack.bsky.social•167 days ago

Trying to compress it all into one infinitely large but infinitely small moment of grief in the hopes I don't notice.

So far it isn't working out well.

thebronzedragon.bsky.social•166 days ago

Akin to one of my favorite songs. "But borrowing happiness from tomorrow can leave you a mess."

markowenmartin.bsky.social•167 days ago

Can I quote Silent Cal?

gamecam.bsky.social•166 days ago

One of the secrets to life is that if you ignore your problems most of them do in fact go away

ptuller.bsky.social•165 days ago

I highly doubt it post this election.... since literally all healthcare is at risk; social services are at risk; financial interest rates likely to rise; costs for necessities are likely to rise....
Im willing to not doom gloom until we see what occurs in 6 mos... but not at all hopeful.

markowenmartin.bsky.social•165 days ago

All we can do is hope. Best wishes.

mcduncanlab.bsky.social•167 days ago

Ah, my term is to not tax myself with forethought of woe.

Although looking at the poem that I drew the phrase from, I see that the poet used forethought of grief.

I guess using woe is technically my poetic license?

https://onbeing.org/poetry/the-peace-of-wild-things/

c0nc0rdance.bsky.social•167 days ago

I think woe works better.

bionicdance.bsky.social•167 days ago

Trust me.

This isn't a 'borrowing' situation.
We're owning this shit.

gamecam.bsky.social•166 days ago

No, we’re not. Nobody is talking about the small handful of extremely unpopular positions we cling to that cost us this election. In fact, they’re doubling down on all of them. More gun control. More open borders. More trans kids. All these non-economic issues that are extremely unpopular

bionicdance.bsky.social•166 days ago

That's all either what people DO want or bullshit made up by the right wing.

The problem is what the #Democrats DIDN'T offer, which is Medicare For All, the Green New Deal, and siding with Palestine.
THAT'S what lost them the election: the ignored a lot of pissed-off voters.