WEEKLY WTF
12-23-24 Edition
The Storm
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The Storm transcript
Hardship, suffering, Tragedy, it’s like a fucking storm. Massive black clouds crowd the skies of our happiness. Deep bass rumbles of unthinkable thunder vibrates our complacent ribs and rattles our hearts peaceful rhythm.
But within this terrible storm we learn to walk. We acclimate to the intense weather, because we must. We resign ourselves to be soaked in the torrential tear storm. We stop holding onto our stupid hats of petty desire and let the wetness cool our hot and fearful heads. We let the winds pelt and shred our paradigms. We can get used to almost anything.
But there’s one thing within the storm of tragedy and suffering that will fuck you up over and over again because there is no bracing or acclimation that can be achieved. It’s a lightning bolt called: disappointment.
We all experience it, some on the fucking daily and yet, everytime it strikes we are jolted, nervous system fried and our expectation umbrella is ripped right from our white knuckled grip
We think the expectation umbrella will protect our ass from the storm and for a minute mayhap it might but if you learn to accept the rain then you’ll never be upset about getting wet. You see, the expectation umbrella attracts the lightning of disappointment, so, you know, don’t be a dumbass.
When the storm of tragedy huffs and puffs and blows our happy fucking house down we build it back up with walls of expectation because of the false notion that we need walls at all.
If you’re disappointed it’s because you held onto hope and hope is a 2 sided coin. One side is “I really want this to happen or think this should happen” and the other is “it may fucking not”
If you’re disappointed it’s because, by default, you decided you wanted something in the future to happen as a strategy to make the moment you’re in more bearable.
Suffering is nothing more than an aversion to what is. Did you copy that? Suffering is an aversion to what is.
That doesn’t mean you can eliminate an aversion every single time, this shits hard, but at least you can be aware of it.
Disappointment is the lightning bolt created in the stormy friction between what is and what you want to be.
Consider that maybe you don’t need a fucking umbrella. Maybe you don’t need to keep building weak ass walls in an attempt to keep out the winds of life.
A tiny bending blade of grass can withstand a hurricane better than the tallest most rigid redwood. Maybe Relax into the fucking storm.
If we clutch too tightly to what we want then the winds of what is will rip our damn fingers off.
Try letting go. If you’re dealing with a big tragedy that you just can’t seem to accept yet, that’s fine, use that big thing to contrast all the little bullshit things so that you can at least let go of them.
Letting go isn’t giving up. Letting go isn’t a release of love or regard or appropriate action. Let go of your expectations of what you think should be or should have been so you can fully experience and utilize what is. Acceptance is like a lightning rod that will direct the bolt of disappointment away from your already ionized heart.
The tragedy storm is called such only while you’re in it because in its wake new and unexpected growth takes hold. The canopy of tall ego trees get toppled and thinned providing light into the previously smothered understory of your life. You start to see and appreciate the little things and then the seeds of presence and awareness begin to sprout.
Try letting go. Trust the storm and experience momentum throughout this life in ways you never dreamed possible.
Be the fucking storm and you’ll master suffering itself.
Be the fucking storm, you know what to do, Toodaloo.
Dedicated to Miracle Maisie Mae
Toodaloo
