On a recent flight across the Atlantic and in the middle of the night, the captain’s voice came over the loudspeaker to inform us that we were entering a patch of turbulence, the seat belt sign was to be illuminated, all in-flight services were being suspended and cabin crew were to take their seats. There was however, no reason to be alarmed, this turbulence would pass and normal service would be resumed soon.
Many of you know of my love of metaphor for telling stories of life and this seemed particularly apt. I am indeed entering a patch of turbulence and need to pull back from a couple of commitments to keep me strong and in balance. I will not be posting here for a couple of weeks, you can however find me and follow me on www.facebook.com/BestKnickers/Always.
Maybe, there is a lesson here for us all. What do you do when your life enters a patch of turbulence? Do you have anything set up in your routine to support yourself when the going gets tough or do you plough on blindly through it? What would be the wise thing to do? What would you suggest a friend do? How good are you at taking your own medicine?
The picture above is where I go to re-charge my batteries, it’s where I grew up in South Wales and yesterday the sun shone gloriously.
Let me know what works for you. Let’s share.
Normal service will resume shortly!
Hi Rebecca – good luck with the turbulance. You look as though you had a fantastic weekend at “home”. Take care x
Sarah, thank you. I feel loved and supported by so many and know that all will be well x
What do I do? Remember comments made to me that lifted me in the past which relate to the positive effect I apparently have (or used to have) on people around me. They keep me going during times of turbulence.
Keep going through yours – it will pass, but I agree you have to let go one or two things, even if they’re carrying the label – ‘commitments’.
In my opinion, nobody should be allowed to continue to shape your life for you, if it just doesn’t feel right to you, because actually what they’re doing is not what you’d do, if left alone to do it yourself.
There’s always the strong possibility that they’ll be walking away from your life one day, and it’s you that is left with their creation which possibly doesn’t ‘look right’, and that’s not how it should be. Your life is your creation, and only you can visualise how you want it to look at the end, whenever that may be. I enjoy that thought from time to time and it also helps me get through a turbulent time.
I’ve also just had a night out with 4 very old (in terms of longstanding friendship) school friends – 2 ‘boys’ and 3 of us ‘girls’. A night full of belly laughs, giggles, champagne and non stop chatter – highly recommended!
Look after yourself
Alison x
Thank you Alison, your reply really touched me. To be honest I have been overwhelmed with messages of encouragement and goodwill from so many friends and readers since posting the blog yesterday. Wow! I know that whatever comes my way in the next few weeks I will not be dealing with it alone because of all the love and support of those who care for me.
I think that’s a lesson for all of us. In a way I was showing my vulnerability and instead of running away people ran to me to show me their support.
Belly laughs, chatter and champagne sounds like the best way to get through turbulent times!
Rebecca x
Just stumbled in here and loved this post! You are so right pepole tend to give us the same respect as we give ourselves. Happy to have found your blog!