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Daily Question, May 21

What might be the silver lining in a difficult situation I’m currently facing?

  • Linda

    Freedom of time. No rushing about or worrying about what I need to do next. It is nice to just drift (for a while!)

  • Chester

    Rebuilding new and better routines that are not based solely on the products of habit.

  • Debra

    Acceptance.

  • Present Moment

    —I am learning that creating and observing personal daily rituals provides a buffer between me and negative feelings
    —A realization that Step 6 is a lifetime practice helping me to accept the fact that defects of character don’t disappear with years of sobriety; they often morph into other manifestations, some of them necessary for the growth process.

  • Pollyanna Gladwell

    That I can be grateful and fully alive and joyful. This too shall pass (the difficult situation… not the gratefulness, aliveness and joy although I now know what to do if that happens… Stop, Look, Go! )

  • Lily Fire

    The silver lining has been a renewed closeness with my adult daughter. We always loved one another but didn’t always like each other. Often refusing to accept and respect but now the trivial issues have evaporated. Having struggled 4 weeks with COVID like symptoms leading to seroius pneumonia but not able to be tested woke us all up to the fragility of life. It’s been a blessing for our whole family to have this relationship restored.

  • Rachel

    I am learning the true meaning of the serenity prayer. It is a deep and challenging practice!

  • UntamedCheetah

    Lots and lots of time to read!

  • slawrence

    I am learning to step back, to let circumstances do their thing and be at peace with it.

  • Tom

    I’m being stretched and challenged, which is causing me to grow and engage my imagination more than ever before. I’m also learning that I can be bold without being rude, and that I can challenge conventions without being destructive.

  • Butterfly

    I have noticed a rather strange silver lining to all that’s been going on over the last couple of months – no junk phone calls.
    Before lockdown they would average 4 a day and I kept my landline turned off because of the constant disturbances. Now I can keep my phone switched on and not miss any genuine calls.
    It’s the small things… ?

    • UntamedCheetah

      I hadn’t even thought about that, but even the ones to my cell phone have greatly decreased. It is so much more peaceful, not having to screen my calls! :o)

  • Cheryl

    I hope this will help me and all involved to deal with emotional problems and realize what we have all lost. I hope the tears are stepping stones to joy. I hope to gain faith and strength as we get through this devastation. Loving more and hating and blaming less.

  • Julian Daal Childers

    That I can help others learn how to deal with the same difficulty (addiction) and how to live with it, over come it, and thrive. An opportunity to be able to help other people .

  • Dave

    My good friend Tom is passing over as I write this. He was my friend of more than 40 years. We went to our first Rainbow Gathering together in 1980, and together, we saw much of the beauty this country, this planet, has to offer. A couple of years ago, we saw the total eclipse together on a mountaintop in Oregon.

    I LOVE you, Tom!

    • Michele

      So sorry for you loss. You will think of him every time you see a rainbow. 🙂

    • Butterfly

      I am so sorry for your loss, Dave. What wonderful memories you have and how lovely to have had such a special friend in your life.
      Blessings ❤️

  • Kevin

    Some difficult situations and hoped for silver linings:

    I get the vaccine for Covid-19 and not the virus. Nice!

    I get Covid and recover okay. Given the options, that’s good too.

    I wake up tomorrow 20 pounds lighter. Unlikely. Still dreaming.

    Come November my country’s leadership changes. Forget silver. That’s gold!

    My prolotherapy back treatments work. Treatment becomes my silver lining!

    My barber reopens after 12 weeks and Kevin actually needs a haircut.

    • Mica

      What a wonderful list, Kevin! Thank you for chuckles, and gentle hugs that don’t hurt your poor back!

      • Kevin
        Virtual hugs received with gratitude, Mica! Thank you. Speaking of hugs, before I retired 4-plus years ago, I was finishing up a weekly support group session for teens when one of the boys launched a running hug from my side, pretty much like a football players tackle, and he, unaware of his overall strength, hit me so hard we both landed sideways on the couch and it took me three days to be able to stand up straight again! The boy felt terrible about it and his mother scolded him when she heard...

        Virtual hugs received with gratitude, Mica! Thank you. Speaking of hugs, before I retired 4-plus years ago, I was finishing up a weekly support group session for teens when one of the boys launched a running hug from my side, pretty much like a football players tackle, and he, unaware of his overall strength, hit me so hard we both landed sideways on the couch and it took me three days to be able to stand up straight again! The boy felt terrible about it and his mother scolded him when she heard what had happened!

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        • Mica

          Gack! I hope that’s not part of your back problem! You and Houdini…

  • Gregoire

    Learn to trust God

  • devy

    Personal growth and learning acceptance.. a lesson of life..

  • EJP

    Time.

  • Michele

    patience.

  • Antoinette

    We seem to all be facing difficulties during this crisis. The silver lining may be impermanence.
    The fact of impermanence makes it so transformation is possible. So impermanence and transformation are the silver lining.

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