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[–] foxglove@lazysoci.al 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

End of thread, we have a winner

[–] foxglove@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 month ago

ha, I know it's crude or the "wrong answer" - but it's also what's probably most true for me 😆

[–] Bloom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh I love that question!

What if it all works out? ✨

This one is so helpful for me, especially when things get really tough. Then it’s easy to see all the negatives, but this phrase shifts my perspective and lets me think of a more positive future 🌟

That's a really nice one, it changes how you think which is great

[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

i really like this!

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Well, shit."

Alternately, Tolkien quote:

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

[–] Fedi-bitch@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Same honestly.

Also, I loved the meme that went around when this gained popularity during covid where Gandalf's reply was "LMAO well it has" 🤣

[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's an excellent meme

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago

Or, in its original formulation: "این نیز بگذرد" (īn nīz bogzarad).

This is a very ancient piece of calming wisdom.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Everything will be OK in the end. If it's not ok, it's not the end". Yes I know this doesn't make much sense when you think about it, but it works. Because it virtually always works out OK in the end.

[–] zeezee@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

omgg that's the exact saying my mom always says and it's so true! very cheesy but has really helped me when I've felt I've hit rock bottom!

[–] enemyofsun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Lemmy answers itself

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 5 points 1 month ago

OK, so now that I've had the chance to dig in my books, this one stands out from Zhuangzi:

To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders.

[–] zeezee@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

I quite like the one from the dysfunctional horse show: "It gets easier - but you gotta do it every day - that's the hard part" :))

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They'll be dead in the blink of a geological eye.

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

But I blink a bit faster than that 😭

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Embrace the impermanence.

Do I really want to add to the aggression in the world?

Someday, [X] will happen for the last time.

They're good! I really like the final one I'll use that myself

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

People lived fulfilling lives during the fall of Rome.

“Wanna be sexed up abusive lesbians” I love Class of ‘09 lol

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

These things happen.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

The best you can do is the best you can do, and people ask for your input because they don't know either.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

It is what it is