There is No Easy Street
A Tiny Moment of “Processing All of Your Past Traumas”
The Moment
A tree falls outside of my window. It has been leaning for months now and I have been trying to get someone to come and take it down. Too late. It fell onto a fence, crushed it, and a neighbor’s tree. I am flailing around the house trying to reach an emergency tree service. No one will return the call. My dinner sits on the stove for hours as I pace back and forth consumed.
I’m wondering why I have to keep battling? Why is everything always happening to me? I mean, isn’t a pandemic enough? Can I just live on easy street for a while? Let someone else have a turn for a while.
The Reflection
What has happened is I have let life’s trials accumulate and multiply it’s PTSD effect on me. So now every time something happens, it is amplified and feels likes it is taking over everything. That’s where the fallacy ends and the journey to healing starts.
We battle from our first breath to our last. Anyone telling you different is lying and trying to sell you something. I’m not selling anything. I’m sharing it. Recognize your scars and heal when you can, but rest assured there is no easy street.
There is no definitive cure for your past injuries. You must try and find a way to use them or place them on a shelf. There is no when things are better. There is only how can I reach a state of more comfortable. By no means and I am minimizing anyone’s suffering or pain. I understand. Connect with others to assist in your healing. From this place, you can begin to see how your mind can relieve the same trouble that it causes. There is no easy street.
There is just the street in front of your feet. Now, let’s get stomping to the beat. Sometimes you stomp, tap, tip-toe, glide, or gallop, but you always have to move or that pavement burns your feet. Standing in one place is more difficult than moving. You never stay the same. Either you are getting better or you are getting worse. I say we move for the better.
The Takeaway
- Life’s events do not have to determine your value.
- Pondering leads to stagnation.
- Brooding is pausing your growth.
- No one has cornered the market on suffering.
- Grief can be your ally.
- If there were an easy street…where’s the challenge in that?
Josh Kiev is an actor, chef, and is back out there working in the yard.