~ Michael A. Simpson, Birmingham, AL - Bereaved Parents, St. Louis March/April 2006 Newsletter
So often, one attempts to face the
whole future at once. But we will not
live that period all at once, only day by day.
Don’t try to face twenty years.
Face today.
When that has been achieved, face
tomorrow. You will find more and more
ways in which you can cope. The Chinese
have a saying that a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. There is no way you can take the fifteenth,
or the two hundred-seventh step, before you have taken the first.
It can be difficult to face going out
again and resuming your regular activities.
IT can take more courage to face the little things than the big things
in life. Going out shopping for
groceries for the first time can become an ordeal. Making the change more complete could
help. Try a different store, a different
day or time, and go with a friend. When
it seems very hard to decide what to do first, maybe it’s not very important
where you start, as long as you start.
Choose a simple task and get started.
Once you’ve begun, it will be far
easier to set your priorities, and you will have gained in confidence for
already having achieved something.
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