63 Steps to Survive the Worst Moment of your Life

[forgivenessandpeace]

It's been one of those weeks where I've been struggling again. This article by Mark Manson brought some tears and much needed perspective.

 

My favorite section:

 

Step 9: Blame somebody else for all of your pain. Now that you’ve cried it out, let’s get to what’s really important: whose fault is this? Who is the idiot here? Figure out who that person is ASAP so we can lynch the bastard.

 

Step 10: Once you’ve figured out who to blame, immediately forgive that person. No matter how hard it is. (Forgiveness is often tricky business and takes months or years if someone has seriously hurt you. Best way to start forgiving is to recognize how the other person suffers as well. Often people hurt us because of the ways they’ve been hurt themselves.)

 

Step 11: Identify what you could have done better. Maybe what happened to you wasn’t your fault, but that doesn’t mean that you couldn’t have handled it better. What did you mess up? What do you wish you could go back and change?

 

Step 12: Immediately forgive yourself too. We all could be better.

 

Here's the full article: http://markmanson.net/worst-moments-of-your-life

 

[WCSDancer2010]

Mark Manson is a really great writer. Have you seen his STD blog? It's a riot but also spot on :)

 

http://markmanson.net/std-guide

[willow]

Sooo..

dear @forgivenessandpeace, and @WCSDancer2010....

 

I should say thank you for posting these links. They are amazing!...

But it has lead to a good 3 hours of me looking up mark manson blogs, and cats on mobile self controlled vacuums....

wow... 3 hours wasted? Or 3 hours of gained laughter....

[WCSDancer2010]

3 hrs of growth and laughter...

 

Doesn't sound like it was wasted to me :)

[strongergirl]

hahaha, this just cheered me up, in so much pain I can't even sit :(

[strongergirl]

All I have been doing is crying but this puts a lot into perspective

[Chinup]

Absolutely love it!! Great read!!!!