Mourning

When things go wrong:

There is a period of mourning for everything that goes wrong in your life, whether they’re big or small, life altering or simply mildly disappointing. And you are entitled to experience a gamut of emotions from anger to self-pity and everything in between. You have every right to question life and God, and scream ‘why me?’ from the rooftops.

But you also have to put things in perspective and allot a maximum amount of time that can be dedicated to every problem. You alone are the judge and jury of the time that the crime against you deserves. Five minutes for a mild disappointment, days…if it’s hurt you more. But your period of anger or depression should ideally never exceed that period of mourning. After the time’s up, move on. Life is too beautiful and much larger than you, to waste even a moment more than necessary. Or you will just be marinating in it and the wound will fester to become infected.

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