Creating Recovery

A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions.

~Oliver Wendell Holmes

You put your best foot forward, make a concerted effort to say and do the right things, attempt to be positive, rational, and understanding. But no matter how hard you try, you don’t always shine. Your heart gets ahead of your brain and you say something you wish you hadn’t. You do the thing you thought you would never do. You don’t understand, or perhaps don’t want to. At least, not yet.

Stuff happens. Sometimes you simply get the blues. Just don’t let the blues get you. Don’t kick yourself when you’re down. Be still, instead, and let it rain. Allow yourself to be less than perfect, to be human. All is not lost, even though it may feel that way.

We don’t understand everything. We’re not consistently rational. We don’t always get it right. But there is hope. You know your rainbow is out there somewhere. You know you can do better. And you will again, after the worst is over, just as the sun breaks through.

I can do this. And keep on doing it. I really can.