It can be tense living with hopeful expectations for the future but also unfulfilled expectations in your past. Do you ever feel the strain of holding those in tension and wonder - what if I just let go?
This is a subject I'm blogging about because of the lovely Peter Ellis.
One of the 'rewards' for supporting me monthly through buymeacoffee.com/thesilentwhy is to choose a blog topic for me to mull over and write about, and this one was inspired by Peter.
(Thank you, Peter, for your support - it means a lot to me.)
So, welcome to another My Why from me, Claire Sandys, co-host of The Silent Why podcast.
My Why episodes are audio shorts of my latest blog post. If you'd prefer to read it, you can find it here:thesilentwhy.com/post/whathappensifIletgo
Peter was a guest on Episode 47 talking about loss of physical abilities after a stroke, but he also struggles with being childless and the loss of expectations he had about having a 'proper family' one day, as well as the loss of children behind him to leave a legacy to.
Although our paths are very different, a lot of what Peter feels I can identify with. So I decided to delve into why we have expectations for the future and the past, how short-term and long-term thinking can help or hinder us, and what happens if we try to endlessly wrestle with these pains. Is there a right time to just let go of what we hoped for? And if we do, what happens exactly?
To hear more about Peter's story:
Visit his blog: https://mystrokejourney.health.blog/
Or listen to:
Episode 47 - Loss #32 of 101 - Loss of physical ability after a stroke:
https://www.thesilentwhy.com/podcast/episode/78922fa6/loss-32101-loss-of-physical-ability-after-a-stroke-peter-ellis
Episode 66 - Let's Chat... Living with loss (Peter is one of two guests):
https://www.thesilentwhy.com/podcast/episode/798b30fa/lets-chat-living-with-loss
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