Thinking of making Fridays a day to start sharing quotes that I get from random sources throughout my week. Whether it’s from scripted or unscripted material, there’s always something to pull from it, starting with this:

“We don’t have to be afraid of our pain. We just have to decide what we’re going to do with it.”

Jet, from Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live-action)

The blog running for as long as it has is a great example of that.

What good were all the frustrations and other rough emotions doing for me just staying bottled in?

Choosing this path over other ones has helped communicate things that were always in me, but weren’t as easily accessible because I had to bury myself out of decades of every bit of emotional mess that I often put myself in, as well as held on to longer than I should have.

Not saying that some of it isn’t still there, but it’s gotten better to remind myself how to channel it to posts like this, and other actions even offline.

Take time to notice the moments where you’ve converted pain into the things, and be around people that make you the most comfortable. Then celebrate yourself for being free enough to move forward, or having been free from the kinds of trouble that held you back for too long.

Enjoy your weekend 😊

D.F.