a day makes! the old platitude 'this will surely pass' is so true! and i would do well to remember that whenever i have the sort of day i had yesterday....and not to say that i think my feelings were invalid or not real (in the moment they were VERY real)...
something else i have also realised is that possessing the ability to be understanding of someone else's feelings and needs and assertive of one's own needs simultaneously is a definite advantage...it's very easy to project your own stuff onto someone else in the guise of 'i am being assertive', it's another thing entirely to have a rational and adult conversation about what is going on...and to actually resolve what is going on...
i know that some of these lessons have taken me a long time to learn (and not having had any practice at that for a long period of time hasn't helped) but i am pretty sure that it's all starting to come together...and you know what: it makes the wait well worthwhile...
here's hoping that for both ben and i days like yesterday are few and far between - what i do know is that when they do occasionally pop up, we will have each other to get through it :-)
something to be said for having someone to share things with - it is definitely under rated!
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