Note to Self

[ristin]

Just a note to myself from myself...

Ristin, you don't need to help everyone. You have a tendency to try and help the people beyond help, and to waste your effort on lost causes. The challenge of the impossible draws you, but you know it's futile.
This time, decide beforehand if the struggle is worth the effort.

Now I am going to sleep on that advice and see how things look in the morning.



*(edit)* If you are worried that this post might be referring to you, don't worry about it and just ask. Having said that, I am the "if there is a problem I will tell you" kind of person so since I haven't informed anyone here in LJ land that I have a problem with them, you shouldn't be worried that this post might refer to you.

Comments

[twigmouse.livejournal.com]

Sleep well Mr. Raccoon.

[ristin.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[tjfoxx.livejournal.com]

It's hard not to help sometimes.

[ristin.livejournal.com]

I like to help when it can help. There's a lot of people who seem happier with their problems, who don't want to solve them and love dragging everyone around them in to wallow in the hopeless situation. The latter type are the ones I need to learn to leave be.

[brian-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Don't think it's not appreciated though :)

[brian-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Btw, how you feeling?

[ristin.livejournal.com]

Still a bit frustrated about a few things, hence the post. I need to learn to let things go and this is lesson #1. Notice that by blogging cryptically about it that I am not doing too well at that lesson, he-heh.

Anyway I am in pretty good shape. ^_^

[ristin.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Like I said above I need to learn which people want help and which fight any attempt to aid them because they delight in dragging everyone else down into hopelessness with them.

[mrpandragon.livejournal.com]

Ish it me? o.o

[ristin.livejournal.com]

Nope.

[mrpandragon.livejournal.com]

Okay, good! :3

[skyfirefox.livejournal.com]

Your words are very eerie to me. I think that's how one friend ended up viewing me.

[ristin.livejournal.com]

No, it's not about you either. -_- If it was I would tell you.

Anyway no I don't have a problem with you and it's a shame your friend felt that way about you.

[maddogairpirate.livejournal.com]

You mean well. =)

But yeah. Hard lesson to learn sometimes, and I can't say I always know when's right and when's not. Pick and choose your battles, as they say.

[ristin.livejournal.com]

Sometimes (like now) I don't even feel like I am on the 'choosing battles' level, I think I should be chosing my wars and campaigns differently...not the little battles and encounters that make them up.

-_-

I'll be fine soon enough though, I am just a bit (a lot) worn down at the moment.

[maddogairpirate.livejournal.com]

Anything I can help with?

[ristin.livejournal.com]

No. ^_^ Thanks for offering though.