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How What You Do During Difficult Times Can Help You Find Yourself
I sat in our oversized chair every Friday morning for a year and a half for at least two hours. I called it study time, reading, waking up, coffee time, and alone time. It was a knee jerk reaction to being severely depressed. I wouldn’t allow myself to be noticeably depressed because others might encourage me to get help. My husband was too depressed to notice what was going on and question what I was doing. What I was really doing was trying to muster the courage to face life and the strength to get up and on with my routine. The time I sat in that chair was invaluable.
“When I was bedridden by my illness, I reached the point where my self-imposed barriers were replaced by boredom and frustrations.” Ned Herrmann
His wife bought him a paint set and he began to draw and paint and eventually produced and sold hundreds of works. A career that was spawned from a need for relief. He reached that point where something had to be done and took a hold of the only thing in front of him — painting. It worked. What started out as a coping mechanism became a second occupation.
It starts with a situation. What the situation is doesn’t matter to anyone but you. The situation erects barriers, causes a blockade, makes you miserable, questioning everything, keeps you from the status quo, and your…
