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[catelin]

Here's the deal. Life is hard. I respect people who deal with their shit straight up with a minimum of nonsense. Not that nonsense isn't wonderful. It should be a big part of almost every day, but the nonsense should be just that--nonsense--silliness, giddiness, slaphaphapfuckinhapiness! What gets on my tits, though, is when people deal with their serious shit in a nonsensical way. Life is serious business. Your obligations to others mean something. Your obligations to yourself mean something. They are not window dressing. They are not background. They are it. The way you fulfill them is your life. And when you fail, you fail. You fail yourself and you fail us all. It's not a game or a story, no matter how many pills, powders, or potions you ingest or invent to make it seem otherwise. So this is a message from me to you, on behalf of the rest of the world that is actually NOT revolving around you, to wake the fuck up and deal with your hard fucking messy exhausting life like a grownup!!!!

Consider this a general message with specific intent. If you think it applies to you, it probably does.

And to those of you who do manage to crawl through the tough places every day, and find joy enough to weave into the universe in spite of the hardness of it, I salute you...I love you and I am honored to know you. You know who you are and so do we all.

Whew. I feel better now. Thanks.

Comments

[charmed-art.livejournal.com]

Going through the difficult times I'm currently facing, I do hope I fall in the second category!! I'd like to think I am, certainly, so thanks for the reaffirmation of what NOT to be!!

[catelin.livejournal.com]

I rarely comment in your journal, but I always read and you are DEFINITELY in the second category.

[charmed-art.livejournal.com]

Whew! Ok, good. I'd hate for any of my unraveling to be construed as anything but normal stress over the situation! I really am trying to do my best!

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Your best is spectacular. I admire the way you have handled everything--definitely wouldn't call it unraveling...more like knitting all good things together as you gather them, like the coat of many colors. That's just the style I wish others would adopt more often!