We’ve all had our personal Titanics, we’ve all had those moments where we really have not shone, and we’ve had to live through and block it out and try to face some kind of future knowing that we missed an opportunity to be bigger and better than we were.
I love that quote from Frances Wilson’s interview. She spoke of her book about J. Bruce Ismay, who owned the Titanic and survived it’s destruction. For many of us, divorce is our personal Titanic. The thing that sinks us to the depths of depression, hopelessness and fear. The thing for which we need, if not a lifeboat, at least a lifeline.
Perhaps it would be more apt to think of the marriage as the Titanic. The thing that threatened to take us down, along with innocent bystanders. And here’s where I think we want to take stock. Wilson asks, How do you pick up a life after that? There’s a difference between surviving and living.
Very true. So what’s your lineline going to be? Lifelines I’ve known include yoga, running, a career, friends, writing, travel, gardening, music, etc. These things broaden us. They change us in positive ways. Think about it. What’s your lifeline? Just pick something, and see. See if it saves you and makes you bigger and better than you were.
Just waiting for an excuse to include WoodenShips, Crosby, Stills & Nash
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