Letters of Note: It will be sunny one day
Posted: 2012/05/31 Filed under: advice, awesome person Leave a commentEarly-2006, during a bout of depression, a young lady by the name of Crystal Nunn wrote a desperate letter to Stephen Fry. Says Crystal:
“I had no idea who to turn to. But I really needed someone to turn to and to ease the pain. So I wrote to Stephen Fry because he is my hero, and he has been through this himself. And low and behold, he replied to my letter, and I will love him eternally for this.”
Transcript
April 10, 2006
Dear Crystal,
I’m so sorry to hear that life is getting you down at the moment. Goodness knows, it can be so tough when nothing seems to fit and little seems to be fulfilling. I’m not sure there’s any specific advice I can give that will help bring life back its savour. Although they mean well, it’s sometimes quite galling to be reminded how much people love you when you don’t love yourself that much.
I’ve found that it’s of some help to think of one’s moods and feelings about the world as being similar to weather:
Here are some obvious things about the weather:
It’s real.
You can’t change it by wishing it away.
If it’s dark and rainy it really is dark and rainy and you can’t alter it.
It might be dark and rainy for two weeks in a row.
BUT
It will be sunny one day.
It isn’t under one’s control as to when the sun comes out, but come out it will.
One day.
It really is the same with one’s moods, I think. The wrong approach is to believe that they are illusions. They are real. Depression, anxiety, listlessness – these are as real as the weather – AND EQUALLY NOT UNDER ONE’S CONTROL. Not one’s fault.
BUT
They will pass: they really will.
In the same way that one has to accept the weather, so one has to accept how one feels about life sometimes. “Today’s a crap day,” is a perfectly realistic approach. It’s all about finding a kind of mental umbrella. “Hey-ho, it’s raining inside: it isn’t my fault and there’s nothing I can do about it, but sit it out. But the sun may well come out tomorrow and when it does, I shall take full advantage.”
I don’t know if any of that is of any use: it may not seem it, and if so, I’m sorry. I just thought I’d drop you a line to wish you well in your search to find a little more pleasure and purpose in life.
Very best wishes
(Signed)
Stephen Fry
via Letters of Note: It will be sunny one day.
I eat well
Posted: 2012/05/30 Filed under: awesome person, food, humor Leave a comment
Natalie Dee: “America’s Favorite Cracker”.
That really was my dinner last night. They were kind of fancy pretzels, though…. ah no? No, that doesn’t count? Oops.
“I’m not a racist, BUT..”
Posted: 2012/05/29 Filed under: humor Leave a comment“I’m not a racist, BUT..”
READ 7 Phrases That Are Great Signs It’s Time to Stop Talking
Every time someone begins that sentence, they pretty much prove they’re a racist butt.
Lisa’s professional email of the day
Posted: 2012/05/25 Filed under: idiots Leave a commentAm I allowed to see a gynecologist or is “having a vagina” also a pre-existing condition?
Blue Shield and I may or may not be fighting.
via Lisa’s professional email of the day.
Do Listen: Nerdist Podcast-Tina Fey
Posted: 2012/05/23 Filed under: advice, awesome person, books, humor, media, politics | Tags: nerdist, podcast, tina fey 1 CommentNerdist Podcast: Tina Fey « Nerdist.
The Vanilla Ice Project: Official Vanilla Ice Real Estate Show
Posted: 2012/05/22 Filed under: advice, awesome person, humor, media, technology | Tags: ice ice baby, real estate, vanilla ice Leave a commentvia The Vanilla Ice Project: Official Vanilla Ice Real Estate Show on DIY |.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EXISTS/ YOU’RE WELCOME.
“Come in and try the WORST MEATBALL SANDWICH..”
Posted: 2012/05/22 Filed under: awesome person, humor, I want, media | Tags: meatball sub, passive aggressive, yelp Leave a commentvia Restaurant Passive Aggressively Responds To Yelp Review | Happy Place.
Flawless.
“God, Pablo, You’re the Worst”
Posted: 2012/05/21 Filed under: awesome person, humor, technology | Tags: dominoes, drop, facebook, pablo, pizza, tracker Leave a commentvia God, Pablo, You’re the Worst – Funny Facebook Status Messages and Facebook Fails.
As someone who may or may not be in love with Dominoes (shut up), this killed me.
Also, MY Oscar would NEVER drop my pizza. But kudos to Pablo for honesty.
John Waters Still Being Crazy/Awesome
Posted: 2012/05/16 Filed under: awesome person Leave a commentEarlier this afternoon, somewhere “in the middle of Ohio,” groundbreaking indie director John Waters was found hitchhiking on the side of a road. We’re trying to find out just what the Baltimore-based director of Pink Flamingos was doing begging for a lift in the middle of the Buckeye State—indie rock band Here We Go Magic says they picked him up! And he’s currently riding around in their van.
via Hitchhiking Director John Waters Picked Up In Ohio By Indie Rock Band: DCist.
48 Things That Will Make You Feel Old
Posted: 2012/05/16 Filed under: humor, media, technology Leave a comment
Shoot. That did work.