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Wednesday, July 8
Escape plan @ 1:59:00 PM
Not too sure if everyone does this but I have always kept an escape plan ready.
About how and what to do in the case of an emergency, where I can run to if I really need some meme time. Yes, I do know that running away doesn't solve anything and we have to face problem ultimately. I do realized that we are are definitely strong enough to deal with it so we should keep faith that everything will turn out alright. Because tough times don't last, tough people do right?
But sometimes, don't we all deserve a time-out card to hide and settle our thoughts before braving the world again? A little pessimistic but it's comforting to have a plan B in case things don't work out as expected. It's comforting knowing that I have sufficient resources and ability to carry out my plan B. It's comforting just thinking about it. Whether or not we will really carry it out, at least there is an alternative.
Sorry for this pessimistic post because a lot has been going through my mind recently. Still need some time to get used to it but as usual, I am keeping my faith. After these period, I am not going to waste away moments in which I could be happy for people who are not worth it.
“When you go into the ER, one of the first things they ask you to do is rate your pain on a scale of one to ten, and from there they decide which drugs to use and how quickly to use them. I'd been asked this question hundreds of times over the years, and I remember once early on when I couldn't get my breath and it felt like my chest was on fire, flames licking the inside of my ribs fighting for a way to burn out of my body, my parents took me to the ER. nurse asked me about the pain, and I couldn't even speak, so I held up nine fingers.
Later, after they'd given me something, the nurse came in and she was kind of stroking my head while she took my blood pressure and said, "You know how I know you're a fighter? You called a ten a nine."
But that wasn't quite right. I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the great and terrible ten, slamming me again and again as I lay still and alone in my bed staring at the ceiling, the waves tossing me against the rocks then pulling me back out to sea so they could launch me again into the jagged face of the cliff, leaving me floating faceup on the water, undrowned.”
Yes, I do have an escape plan ready. But I am going to save it for better occasions.
Updated:
“The nasty things people say behind your back are like poisoned arrows. But, thankfully, the words people say while hiding have no strength. So, those arrows can’t pierce your heart. However, the most foolish thing you can do is pick up those arrows that have fallen on the ground. Then, pierce your own your own heart with those arrows. You get hit with arrows that you don’t need to be hit with. You receive wounds you don’t need to receive. I hope you don’t do that.”