519-570-9163
LEE HORTON-CARTER COUNSELLING SERVICES
  • Home
  • About Lee
    • Lee Horton-Carter, M.A.
    • Counselling Philosophy
  • Services
    • Resource Links
    • Individuals
    • Couples
    • Families
    • First Responders
    • Therapy Groups
    • What is EMDR?
    • What is EFT?
  • Coping through a Pandemic
  • Mindfulness -2019
  • Building Resilience & Hope 2018
  • Mindfulness 2017
  • Building Resilience & Hope 2015 & 2016
  • Contact
  • Untitled

Kickin' the s*#t out of Option B!!

7/24/2015

 
Oh to be young again and filled with hope and idealistic notions about how the world should/could be and how to change it.  We need that in our lives.  Otherwise we wouldn’t evolve as a species.  However, the longer we live the more we realize that “Bad things happen to Good People” (Harold Kushner).  Scott Peck begins his book “The Road Less Travelled” with the statement “Life is hard”.  And it’s not just for some people.  It’s for everyone.  As we age we learn that you can’t protect yourself from life happening and eventually you will fit into one or more of the ‘bad stats’ categories.  This is an important fact to face. Facing this fact helps to connect you to the humanity of other people in the world that have had to face hard things; that they have found the resilience to get through their struggles and that you can too.  Bringing an attitude of resilience and a sense of connection to your pain helps with almost any issue you may have to persevere through.  I love the clip I’ve attached of Sheryl Sandberg’s letter who decided to ‘kick the shit out of Option B’ when her husband died. 

Sheryl Sandberg on husband's death: 'I have lived 30 years in these 30 days' | Technology | The Guardian

Now that’s resilience personified!   Enjoy!

Comments are closed.

    Categories

    All

    Archives

    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.