Clarification
Room for interpretation. There is always endless space for this. Between my expression, the words that rise from this expression, colorful flames from the ignition of kindling that is my life behind the curtain that separates me from the world. I don't condone negative thinking. I don't believe in being an enabler, even to my "self", to my "depression". There is a thin line between t hrowing gasoline on fire vs. smelling smoke, hearing a fire alarm, and trying to look the other way. There is a thin line between compassion for self and pity parties. There is a thin line between seeing a glass half full and half empty. Too much energy one way or another leads to illusion; a glass with water filled halfway can start to feel like a glass that seems almost empty, or almost overflowing, neither of which is an accurate depiction of how much water is in the glass. Learning to put out our own fires, sometimes in the process we mistakenly pour ga...