Sometimes I can just feel the veil falling over me. It’s like thunder clouds rolling in. I can see them on the horizon. It’s just a matter of time.
For a long time — most of my life, in fact — I felt I should get a running start before this happened. I thought I could put on some rose colored glasses and get really busy, and avoid the veil of the storm falling over me. For years I did that.
If I worked and worked and worked, the veil wouldn’t catch up. The storm wouldn’t hit. There was no time for it to happen.
But eventually the rose colored glasses got too scratched and I just wasn’t able to move fast enough anymore.
Nowadays, it catches up with me fast and, even if only for a moment, I’m completely consumed in the storm.
Sometimes the veil stays all day. Sometimes it’s for longer. Sometimes Effie is able to help, but other times she’s learned it’s just something I need to deal with and work through.
It’s so hard when this happens. Especially when you know you must get to the next thing… the event… the client… the appointment. Or when there is something really, really hard you have to take care of and it just needs to happen.
And if the storm moves in and stays for long periods (fortunately, mine are mostly short-lived), it’s always a good idea to get help.
It’s hard.
I share this not because I’m incredibly crazy (which I might be), but to let you know that many people experience this. Even if you’re the most successful person in the world, you’re still not immune from the veil falling over you. The storm chases so man of us.
No matter how many pairs of glasses you get, or how fast you try to run, it happens.
The difference, perhaps, is what you do once it happens. Do you weather the storm, or do you put on your glasses and try to avoid the storm by running and running. And running.
The question becomes, how long can you keep running.
The answer becomes, what help can you find.
I struggle with this. And my clients struggle with this. In that sense, we’re weathering the storm together. It’s nice to have people willing to stick with you.
After years and years of running, it can be scary to slow down and let the veil come over you. Scarier still to figure out how to move out of it.
But you can do it. At least I believe you can. Because you are not alone.
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In truth, immediately i didn’t understand the essence. But after re-reading all at once became clear.
It’s that whole ‘circle of life’ thing — giving and receiving. It’s clear that you are a hand through ‘the storm’ for many Liz. Where you give a hand, may you receive ten in return.