It's An Extraordinary Idea

As most abuse survivors know, there are good days, bad days and very bad days. The bad days tend to surprise us. We may be great the night before, but upon waking, our mind has already decided that this day will be "one of those". It can be difficult to deal with but, eventually, one becomes their happy self again.

I was having a horrible day the other day (not that anyone would have known) and I tried to find something that would cheer me up. I headed off to the bookstore and looked for something that would make me happy. I flipped through a series of books, sat down with a coffee and read for a while.

One of the books I was reading through had this one sentence. I was flipping through and came across is:

It's an extrodinary ordinary idea, that we can restore what has been shattered. In fact it's our responsibilty to try -- each of us -- to make our world whole again.

I needed those words. Very simple words, yet, so very hard to find. No matter how much we try to make ourselves happy, whether you are an abuse survivor or not, there are days when it just doesn't seem like we will ever be happy again.

I can't remember the book that sentence came from (if you find it, please let me know) but I do believe it is a story worth reading. Anything that makes me smile in the depths of my bad day is worth a lot. It is like happiness were coated in gold.