Spinning my wheels, but laughing all the way

[JustStunned]

At some point X began communicating through email. I setup my email client to automatically save her communications in a folder outside of my inbox. At the time this was healthier than ruminating over each one of them prior to moving them manually.

Recently I read a few of them which awakened some negative emotions, nothing severe or long lasting. I don’t stick my hand in fire or on a hot stove, but I will check for radiant energy to determine the degree of risk.

Rick is right. Hurt is normal and we will continue to hurt until we are healed or avoid the painful stimulus. Personally I’d rather heal and move on than avoid. Find the path to healing, it is there, it is personal and waiting for you to find it.

I find self confidence tricky. To build confidence I need to risk and accomplish. This is how my brain is wired. I rely upon Roosevelt’s Man in the Arena speech for motivation, research and planning to mitigate risk leading to hopefully, accomplishment.

Failure happens, finding little successes and learning from failure leads to accomplishment.
Buckminster Fuller’s quote “There is no such thing as a failed experiment” and again Roosevelt’s speech influences my thinking here.