Just like the other day when i was feeling low. I felt as if my life is not moving forward. It took me a while though to remind myself to slow down, but once i did and realised what's happening, i figured i was being ungrateful and unappreciative.
Through it all, it reminded me how growth is actually omnidirectional. It's not just only limited to moving a forward sometimes. On the other hand, this is also me reminding myself to see how stepping back is also a form of growth and a means to fortify one's self.
We can’t emphasise enough how the “CQs”are hurting us in all fronts - business, and mental health-wise. I wish i can say it’s the COVID or pandemic per se, but it isn’t just that but more of the poor governance that lends itself to helplessness and hopelessness.
I'm not sure about you but something about knowing it's ECQ again makes me sad and anxious. I've been trying to identify why and here's what i've come up with...
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Going through that process got me thinking about how we heal, and what it means to be truly healed. I am the type who disappears when i’m hurt. I realise that this is my own attempt to inflict pain on the person who hurt me, and in so doing, inflating my own sense of power over the other person in the process.