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Quote from the Bloggess

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 nowiknow23 (original poster member #33226) posted at 3:54 AM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

"And eventually the clouds metaphorically part and – as if by magic – we get a blast of normalcy and remember how amazingly wonderful it can be to feel life instead of suffer from it." - Jenny Lawson

I read this today in a post by the Bloggess. Her post was about depression, but this quote echoed for me in another way.

It reminded me so very much of the moments back when I was in the thick of things. The moments when the pain of the betrayal, the chaos of the every day, and the relentlessness of the shit storm would part, and for a brief moment, I could see the sun again. I could see what was on the horizen, and I could visualize the new normal that was waiting, just around the next corner. Those moments saved my sanity in the darker days.

Sunshine lies ahead. Believe it.

You can call me NIK

And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane

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FlySomeday ( member #35150) posted at 4:17 AM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

thanks for sharing.. so can't wait to see the sun again.

Digging Deep in the Mud

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fallingquickly ( member #36599) posted at 4:17 AM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

Thank you.

Scars remind us where we've been. They don't have to dictate where we're going. (Criminal Minds)

I saw him, I could not unsee him. -StrongButBroken

There came a point when it was too painful to love him, so I stopped.

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dmari ( member #37215) posted at 4:23 AM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

Yes ~ so very true!! Thank you for sharing NIK!

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Kajem ( member #36134) posted at 4:54 AM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

NIK, you need to repost that on Monday's inspiration post.

I trust you is a better compliment than I love you, because you may not trust the person you love, but you can always love the person you trust. - UnknownRelationships are like sharing a book, it doesn't work if you're not on the same page.

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woundedby2 ( member #18522) posted at 6:19 AM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

Love it!

In 2010 I divorced the NPD assclown who cheated on me with my best friend.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
~Robert Louis Stevenson

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wildbananas ( member #10552) posted at 6:35 AM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

Yo Empress... knock, knock.

I loved this. And yes, sunshine lies ahead.

Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ~ Yogi Bhajan

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 nowiknow23 (original poster member #33226) posted at 1:48 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

Yo Empress... knock, knock.

You can call me NIK

And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane

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Pentup ( member #20563) posted at 5:26 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

Love her blog and her book! Thanks for sharing.

Me- BS
Him- FWS (I hope- F)

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Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 8:56 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." - Deeply Scared's mom

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Rebreather ( member #30817) posted at 8:57 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2013

I thought it would be "a hug is a strangle, not yet finished." LOL

But this one is nice too.

Me BS
Him WH
2 ddays in '07
Rec'd.
"The cure for the pain, is the pain." -Rumi

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SBB ( member #35229) posted at 1:10 AM on Saturday, June 15th, 2013

I love this NIK - so true!!

Sunlight has been big for my healing metaphorically and literally (ironic if you knew me - I have Vitiligo). It has been so nice to 'feel' myself too after having numbed and dumbed myself down for so long.

Love it. Thank you for sharing.

a hug is a strangle, not yet finished.

I may have reached a point where I'd piss on him if he was on fire.... eventually!!

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ruinedandbroken ( member #29250) posted at 1:56 AM on Saturday, June 15th, 2013

That's a great quote!

“People who cheat feel that life is for the taking, and that everyone deserves happiness no matter what the cost. I must remember these tricks if I ever have my soul surgically removed."
Me: BS 42. Him: WH 41 2 Kids 8&11
Married 14 yrs Together 21

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newnormal ( member #21925) posted at 4:23 AM on Saturday, June 15th, 2013

I keep thinking that if I just hold on for a little while longer it will be like giving birth....painful for a little while but you have a wonderful new life on the other side.

BS 43 (me)
FWH 48
D-day 9/07

Dont retreat, reload.
"Pull that knife out of your back - and sever the fuel line to that bus you got thrown under" Bufffalo

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