I found this quote. And I completely loved it. It's kind of a good thing to remember, knowing that not ever sorrow one has should necessarily be inflicted on other people, ruining such empathetic and compassionate people's times that they would otherwise spend happy. Especially when there's nothing to do about it. There's always a place for comforting and burden-relieving, but there's also a point at which it's incredibly selfish to do so. Even if it's just waiting til a better time. I struggle with it. And I thought George Eliot put it very well.
"We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between
breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale
about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride
helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our
hurts -- not to hurt others."
That's really excellent advice. Taking it to heart. Going to try, anyways. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAnytime. I just saw that I needed a bunch of help on that score for myself. So. I just put it on my blog. Two posts at once cause YOLO.
ReplyDeleteBlogs are indeed good places to put things such as this. But yes. I need help on that score as well. YOLO is a good reason for that.
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