avatarLucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)

Summary

The website content reflects on the personal journey of embracing community support, acknowledging the challenges and benefits of interdependence, and expressing gratitude for the community's role in healing and coping.

Abstract

The text is a reflective piece by Lucy Dan 蛋小姐, who shares her struggle and growth in learning to rely on a community for support during a difficult period. She acknowledges the delicate balance required for community support to be effective, where individuals must have enough energy to give and receive support without becoming overly dependent. Lucy emphasizes the importance of not becoming hyperindependent and the necessity of trusting in collective support. She also notes the ongoing work to accept rejection without despair, while maintaining her belief in the power of community. Her poem and reflections are inspired by a tweet where she expressed a need for support and was met with an overwhelming community response. Lucy concludes by thanking her community for helping her reaffirm her faith in its collective strength.

Opinions

  • The author values the support provided by a community and recognizes its role in personal healing and coping mechanisms.
  • There is an acknowledgment of the need for personal growth to ensure one does not rely too heavily on others.
  • The author holds a strong belief in the power of community, despite the challenges that come with relying on others for support.
  • The piece conveys a commitment to not becoming overly independent to the point of distrusting the community's ability to support one another.
  • The author is working on processing rejection in a healthy way, without feeling hopeless or overly dramatic.
  • There is a deep sense of gratitude expressed towards the community for their support and for helping the author believe in the collective power of community again.

Coping With Community

a poem and a piece of gratitude

Photo by Cybèle and Bevan on Unsplash

it’s been a hard journey to lean into the support of a community.

for one, this healing journey relies on other people having enough in their cup to share with me as well,

and for me to grow enough such that if someone else sets a boundary on their energy that I also do not fall apart.

yet I commit to not becoming the person who is so hyperindependent that they set out to resolve everything alone, never truly trusting that another can be there, that “another” can be plural, love spread across the community.

I must still work on accepting rejection in a way that doesn’t feel hopeless, or like the end of the world.

Yet I continue to believe in the power of community.

Hi, I’m Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) and today’s poem is inspired by a tweet from a while back. I’d shared the following tweet “having a bit of a rough patch and slowly trying to find new ways to cope”, just needing a bit of a vent, and received overwhelming support. For that, thank you so much. Thank you for building into the community and supporting me and helping me believe in the power of community again. ♥

Poetry
Coping
Community
Flint And Steel
Gratitude
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