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I Want to Improve My Mind

Reassessing my emotional past, I was such a toxic person. So negative, so judgmental (still am sometimes), hot headed, jealous, and full of envy. I didn’t like who I was then. And if I were you, I wouldn’t have liked me too. How times have changed. Fortune favours the brave. Brave enough to let go, brave enough to embrace change, brave enough to challenge your potential for greater things in life than mediocrity. 😌

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Mamapolo2016 · F

When we are young, we think we are unique, that no one has ever loved like we do, hurt like we do, lost like we do. A little exploration of the world teaches us that while we are individuals, we and our emotions are not unique, that humans have been enduring the same trials for milennia. That is when we start learning how to live through the next storm.

Scubayoda · 46-50, M

@Mamapolo2016 @Mamapolo2016 living through the storms makes you enjoy the good times

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Scubayoda Yes. Life is a lot like weather. Carry your umbrella and sunscreen.

Scubayoda · 46-50, M

I've been getting shit on the last couple of months. But I keep drudging through it.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Scubayoda I probably wouldn't have thought this even at your age, but even the terrible times are valuable. They teach us a lot - what kinds of people don't work in our lives, what we are doing wrong or right, and sometimes when we come out the other side we begin to understand how strong and resilient we are. Head bloodied but unbowed.

Scubayoda · 46-50, M

I'm failing. I lost my full time job. And then got injured and couldn't work my part time job. I'm still fighting. But times I get down. Really down. Then I think of fighting for all I'm worth

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Scubayoda I won't pretend it doesn't get really hard. It does.

Don't let anybody, including yourself, undervalue your worth. If you need to vent sometime, PM me.

Everybody fails sometimes. Kipling in his poem If says:

[quote]If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or see the things you gave your life to broken, and stoop, and build 'em up with wornout tools...[/quote]

That's how it feels sometimes.

He goes on:

[quote]If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’[/quote]

That's it. Hold on.

Scubayoda · 46-50, M

@Mamapolo2016 I will pm you if you are serious

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Scubayoda I am very serious. I have obligations in the morning and should have gone to bed long since but I will answer tomorrow. Sometimes we just need to scream and know somebody hears. I've been there myself.