The Other Book
The first book I wrote was about endings. This one is more of a beginning. I’m beginning to gather the wisdom I’ve learned or recovered in my lifetime, and sharing some of the experiences that brought that wisdom to me. It hasn’t always been easy. The good stuff rarely is. But it’s WORTH IT.
This book, Elliott Wisdom: It’s Just A Different Mountain, starts with four important words.
“It will be okay.” That was the first thing I had to figure out on my own. Well, okay, I had some help and a very good counselor who supported me as I figured that out. I was overwhelmed, overworked, overly emotional, and over it. All of it. I just wanted it all to go away and leave me alone. But I got help, got counseling, started using some of the resources and tools and support they offered… and after a while, I realized: It will be okay. And eventually, it was.
The next bit of wisdom was only three words: I am enough. And generally, I am. Better than enough. And hey, being enough means I don’t mind asking for help when it comes time to move the sofa. Because I know it isn’t a weakness to ask for help now and then. And I don’t have the fear of failure that I had back when I thought I was never going to be good enough on my own.
Here’s another good one I’ve learned the hard way:
“There is a big difference between supporting someone’s well-being, and enabling their irresponsibility.” Yah. That’s an important one. And so many empaths and people who care SO MUCH about everyone else fall into that trap where they take responsibility for everyone else. Hey– what if you just took responsibility for yourself, and offered support to everyone else? Let them take responsibility for themselves.
A nice pithy bit of wisdom: Change is the only constant.
Or how about this?
“Become relevant. Your significance to the world relies on acknowledging your special skills and gifts, practicing them, and using them consciously and intentionally for the Greater Good. And that can be very scary– but I still suggest this bit of wisdom: Become relevant.”
Here’s one I’m still struggling with:
“Only loan out books if you have two copies.”
Occasionally, I wax poetic because a lot of this is Universal Knowledge I’m sharing:
“Take time away from deadlines, technology, family, even pets. It is in the stillness of wandering thought that what we live becomes what we know.”
When I finish writing this book, or at least the first one, I’ll let you know. I think it’s going to be useful.
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