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Taking It One Day at a Time
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Without
us perhaps quite noticing, much of what
we place our hopes in will be ready for
us in a very long time. Indeed, in
months or even decades from now, if
ever, the successful completion of a
novel, a sufficient sum of money to buy
a house or begin a new career, the
discovery of a suitable partner, a move
to another country. In the list of our
most intensely felt hopes, few entries
stand to come to fruition this season or
next, let alone by tonight. But
occasionally, life places us in a
situation where our normal long range
hopeful way of thinking grows
impossible.
Imagine you've had a car accident, a
very bad one. For weeks, it seemed like
you might not make it at all. Now you're
out of a coma and back home, but you
still have multiple broken bones,
serious bruises, and constant migraine.
It's unclear from here when you'll be
going back to work, or whether you ever
will. When someone asks how things are,
one answer seems to fit above all. We're
taking it one day at a time. Or imagine
that a person is 89, mentally agile, but
very slow on their feet and often in
pain. They had a fall last month and
their left knee is badly arthritic.
Yesterday they did some gardening. Today
they may go to the shops for the first
time in a while. You ask their carer how
they are. We're taking it one day at a
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