This Is This

Anton Chekhov once said: “Any idiot can face a crisis. It is the day to day living that wears you out.”

And he really had something. A crisis is like the punch you tighten up for, or the tooth you have pulled. Here it comes….. Bang! And you think “fuck you” or “fuck me” - depending on your disposition.

But the daily weardown is like verbal abuse or a headache and that’s the tough stuff.
Try this. Both come and go, neither last forever, so why the long face? Day to day living is just a minor crisis prolonged. Don’t worry either way. Either the problem will go or you will. So long as when you do, you don’t leave the crisis for someone else to deal with, then it’s all good.

I saw Oprah reviewed some book on TV once called “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff: And It’s All Small Stuff”. Actually, it’s not all small stuff. Some of the stuff is blimmin’ huge, but do something about it instead of worrying. What they should have called it is: “Stop Fucking Sweating. Jesus.”

Yeah.

Hard compassion - that’s today’s post.

*Also: “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” - that’s not actually true.

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