{"id":2988,"date":"2014-02-24T04:58:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T12:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2014-02-24T04:58:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T12:58:11","slug":"at-last-i-see-the-light-at-sea-02232014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2988","title":{"rendered":"At Last I See The Light \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [02\/23\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"136575_3_600\"<\/a>There have been a lot of times this season that I\u2019ve thought I saw light at the end of the tunnel and it\u2019s turned out to be the 7:35 express train hurtling towards me, leaving me pressed up against the tunnel wall panting for breath.<\/p>\n

However, Mercury appears to be slowly swinging out of retrograde \u2013 and bit by bit I find myself able to walk along those shaded train tracks, carefully, one foot precariously balanced in front of the other\u2026towards what I\u2019m pretty sure is daylight rather than a headlamp.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to dive in headfirst and say that things are perfect \u2013 perfection is not really an achievable goal in any context and striving for it usually only ends in tears \u2013 but things are definitely starting to right themselves bit by bit. While it\u2019s true that this is coming up on what is normally the mid-season slump, I still have faith that we are going to continue moving forward.<\/p>\n

Through sheer and total force of will we have very nearly exterminated the gremlins onboard. There are still a few in stubborn residence, but the issues that they are causing are either always<\/i> going to be there, or they\u2019re minor enough to be dealt with in short order, mopped up when the tiger team returns to their home base.<\/p>\n

As a result, we\u2019re able to start clambering out of the hole we\u2019ve found ourselves in as far as stress goes for the past few weeks. It\u2019s a long and steady climb, and the walls of that pit are pretty steep, every so often we lose our footing and scrabble for a hold, occasionally slipping downwards a bit, before regaining our steadiness and starting to climb steadily upwards again. Healing \u2013 especially mentally \u2013 is not always an easy process, but it\u2019s nothing that we\u2019ve not been through before. Personally, I\u2019m looking forward to feeling like myself again. Gradually, I\u2019m starting to see in colour again \u2013 and if you don\u2019t quite get what that means, don\u2019t worry, there are probably only a few people who will.<\/p>\n

Just trust me when I say it\u2019s definitely a good thing\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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