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It’s Okay to Be Human
You don’t always need to fix yourself immediately. Sometimes you need to feel the pain.
Do you ever have those days when it feels like your world is falling apart?
Of course you do. You’re only human.
You don’t need to feel embarrassed because you feel overwhelmed, overcome, or overpowered.
This is a simple story of a day I fell apart, what I learned from the experience, and how my inner caretaker emerged as a new aspect of my psyche.
Inner children go nuts sometimes
I had a very challenging week recently.
I discovered termite droppings in one of my top kitchen cabinets.
Then, my neighbor who maintains my yard was about to quit. I worked that out with a raise. But I felt shaken. My abandonment issues had been triggered in a primal way.
Next, my friend pointed out the catchment tank overflow pipe had stopped working—highly noticeable on this sporadically rainy day because the tank was full.
Rain water spilled continuously over one side of the tank. That’s not good. Too much spilling erodes soil from beneath one side of the tank, causing the structure to lean in one direction.
