Are The Kids REALLY Alright?
December 24 – Everything’s OK. What was the best moment that could serve as proof that everything is going to be alright? And how will you incorporate that discovery into the year ahead? (Author: Kate Inglis)
The one moment that proves everything is going to be alright? Are you kidding?!
I don’t know if it was so much one moment, as it was more a string of moments that culminated into the general feeling of “it’s going to be ok” – maybe. I actually don’t know yet – if it’s all ok, I mean. Of course through everything that’s happened this year, I maintained my patented, glass-half-full perspective. But what really happens at the end of that? I don’t know if, just because it’s the end of the year and a time for reflection, that it’s all gonna work out. As much as my obsessive compulsive tendencies like to make me believe, not everything gets a fresh start come January 1st.
And I think that now my healthy acknowledgment of that fact stands, I can finally truly diminish that nagging stressful voice in my head. I don’t know what it is about not really knowing it’ll be ok -but rather knowing, even if it isn’t, time goes on regardless – that really leaves a sense of calm in my subconscious – but I’m ok with it. And I like the way it feels.
So I guess my answer is: right now. At this moment, I’ve realized it’s all going to be alright – or at least I know I’ll deal either way. Progress is almost the equivalent of satisfaction in this case. Thanks to Kate Inglis for this prompt :)
