Have we become numb to dysfunction….

Relevant quotes often knock on my door. The above little gem greeted me yesterday, as I was trying to keep my often fragile emotions at bay.

This particular quote made me feel centred, grounded, as I grappled with a relationship dilemma. Feeling overwhelmed, hurt and unable to make sense of something that didn't sit well within the confines of my moral compass. Yet this quote almost instantly changed my frame of reference, like someone shaking sense into me. I was happy to have some clarity, but what was the clarity. To accept that this is how it is, pull yourself together and get on with it.

My thought process reminded me of a quote that I had penned when I was in a toxic relationship.

It made me wonder if I had become so accustom to accepting dysfunction, that I now systematically process it and move forward as though it hadn't happened.

Obviously there would be another little carry on added to my emotional baggage. To be upturned next time something triggering presents itself.

But just like that, the angst and despair I had been building, threatening to combust, was suddenly a gentle simmer.

I don't know whether to be alarmed by that or relieved. There is a part of me that is happy not to drag the situation out and have it turn into a saga. But there is also a part of me concerned that I have become accustomed to accepting that shit happens, often. Is that progress or regression? Was the quote a gentle shoulder shake or an emotional escape route? Have I evolved or am I just conning myself?

Or am I just finding a way to live cohesively in a world that is constantly throwing curve balls.