COMMON GROUND

Just trying to stay afloat!

There are a lot of people in crisis right now. Things
world-wide are turning topsy-turvy. In some cases,
people who have never had significant issues are
being plagued with the onset of multiple problems
at once. There aren't adequate sources to help every
person, and because of overload, even those able
and willing to help are suffering fatigue. It's rough,
and it's likely going to get worse still, before improving.

There are still people maintaining the illusion that all
is well; our society's duality is still its chief export.
Maintaining the illusion of cool while the house is on
fire.

Make no mistake, though; it's real.
It's widespread.
The help just isn't there.
You aren't alone.
You aren't crazy.

We are a nation obsessed with falling apart in private
and maintaining posturing in public. This keeps us
thinking that we've lost our minds; we hear one story
on the news but our own senses tell another. We know
our experience doesn't match what officials say should
or is happening. So we start to assume that we must be
wrong, and question ourselves.

Surely our fatalism is a sign of losing our minds?

 Nah..it's just nerves and fear reacting to changes.

We're losing people all at once, and feel alone and scared.
Loss of job, change of living arrangements, divorce,
separation, deaths, and more can happen in packs and
make us feel like we're jinxed or abandoned.
 Nah...we're just grieving the death of relationships, and

it does bring sadness and despair. It's natural.

Simple questions nag us...we get obsessed over 'stupid'
things. When feeling vulnerable and disrupted, it's normal
to focus on smaller problems, making mountains out of
molehills. Some days, everything seems to overwhelm us.
This, too, shall pass.

We are more capable than we imagine.
We can adjust and reinvent ourselves.
We are not the sum total of our things.
We are not identified by a job.
We are complete with or without others.
We are stronger than we know.

It's just the human condition going through a growth spurt.
Don't beat yourself up; you're right where you need to be.

There is an 'other side' to all this.....we're only experiencing
what millions before have been through. We just have to
accept that change is inevitable and control is an illusion.
Once we know we don't know everything, and no one else
does either, it's all good.

Hang tough.