Hope is Searching for You
On becoming indomitable
Hello, Friends!
Looking through some old files on my computer I found a few long-forgotten project starts. One was called, Becoming Indomitable.
in the seam between
brooding sea and starless sky,
hope searches for me
Becoming Indomitable was a list of over 100 things you can do to build resilience that were more concrete than insipid advice like, “Look for silver linings” or “Try and think positive thoughts”.
I wrote the list back in 2019 during my battle with kidney cancer with the thought of making a series of essays focusing on things like crying, laughing, and screaming in your car.
That trip down memory lane triggered the arrival of today’s haiku comic.
I don’t know what you are going through. I do know that sometimes the idea of having hope feels too heavy to carry.
That’s okay.
Just know that even if you can’t hold onto hope right now, hope is out there looking for you. You will find each other when it’s time.
I may still make some kind of project out of that indomitable list, but today I just want to remind you that hope has your back.
Be the poetry you want to see in the world!
Cheers,
Jason
Thank you! This is something I needed to see this morning. Visiting with my grown sons & grands, tomorrow is my last day. While here I lost two days to the wildly unpredictable RA flare. It began and instead of being one joint as usual, it decides to take on many. It has been many years since I have had multiple flares at the same time. The swelling, the PAIN like each joint is being bent the wrong way.
I was in pain, even after almost 17 years I panicked. I was in a difficult state. I was not going to be able to fly home. I was not going to play with my youngest granddaughter.
Then my son & DIL said what can we do about it? Their calm was the hope I needed. I called my AZ Rheumatologist and he was able to get steroids to a local pharmacy. They are not something I usually will take. They take on a life of their own. The flares are easing but it still leaves a mark on my memories. I am already a homebody. Will I stop traveling to see them after this?
Hope will arrive. I need it to visit when it is ready. Or when I am ready. I was not prepared to be a “disabled” person. I’m not even a differently abled” person. But hope is all I have. I hang on to it like a life raft in the middle of the ocean.
☀️✌🏻 Hope is a necessity
Hope looks different to each of us, the color, the shape, the size. Resiliency is a key thing, where we slog back, make our return from the inevitable knockdown. Grit is another, the not quitting part of the slog. Always enjoy your stuff. thanks